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283. Arenaria interpres (LINN.). 



Turnstone. 



Tringa interpres LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 148. 

 Arenaria interpres VIEILL. Gal. Ois. II. 1834, 102. 



[B 515, C 406, R 5 o 9 , C 598.] 



HAB. Nearly cosmopolitan. In America from Greenland and 

 Alaska to the Straits of Magellan ; more or less common in the 

 interior of North America, on the shores of the Great Lakes and the 

 larger rivers. Breeds in high northern latitudes. 



284. Arenaria melanocepliala (Vic.). 



Black Turnstone. 



Strepsilas melanocephalus ViG. Zool. Jour. IV. Jan. 1829, 356. 

 Arenaria melauocephala STEJN. Auk, I. July, 1884, 229. 



[B 516, C 406^, R 510, C 599.] 



HAB. Pacific coast of North America, from Alaska to Monterey, 

 California ; breeding in Alaska. 



FAMILY HJEMATOPODID.ZB. OYSTER CATCHERS. 



GENUS ELS3MATOFUS LINN/EUS. 



Hamatopus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 152. Type, H. ostralegus 

 LINN. 



[285.] Haematopus ostralegus LINN. 



Oyster-catcher. 



Hcematopus ostralegus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 152. 

 [B C , R 506, C 595.] 



HAB. Sea-coasts of the Eastern Hemisphere ; occasional in Green- 

 land. 



286. Hasmatopus palliatus TEMM. 



American Oyster-catcher. 



Hamatopus palliatus TEMM. Man. II. 1820, 532. 



