d1. Tarsus with transverse plates in front and hexagonal scales behind; bill short, less than head; culmen nearly straight. ... Arenariinæ (p. 99) d2. Tarsus with transverse plates both before and behind (except Numenius which has a long decurved bill); bill usually much longer than head, either straight or curved, the tip usually soft. e1. Toes webbed at base. ... Totaninæ (p. 114) e2. Toes cleft to the base. ... Scolopacinæ (p. 132) a2. Toes with lateral lobes; tarsus with the posterior edge serrated. ... Phalaropodinæ (p. 149) Subfamily ARENARIINÆ. Genus ARENARIA Brisson, 1760. Bill pointed, culmen straight and flattened for basal half; nostril linear, situated in a groove which extends half the length of bill; wing long and pointed; first primary decidedly longest; tarsus short with transverse plates in front and hexagonal scales behind; toes without webs; hind toe present. 88. ARENARIA INTERPRES (Linnæus). TURNSTONE. Tringa interpres Linnæus, Syst. Nat. ed. 10 (1758), 1, 148. Arenaria interpres Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1896), 24, 92; Hand-List (1899), 1, 146; Oates, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1902), 2, 3; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 22. Strepsilas interpres Blanford, Fauna Brit. Ind. Bds. (1898), 4, 223, fig. 50 (head). Bantayan (McGregor); Bohol (Everett); Cagayancillo (McGregor); Cagayan Sulu (Guillemard); Cebu (McGregor); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Whitehead); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester); Mindanao (Steere Exp.); Negros (Steere Exp.); Palawan (Whitehead, Platen, Everett); Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester). Cosmopolitan, breeding in high northern latitudes.