4S2 



OYSTER CATCHER. Class II. 



XXXIII. 



OYSTER 



CATCHER. 



BILL long, comprefled, the end cuneated. 

 NOSTRILS iinear. 



TONGUE, a third the length of the bill. 

 TOES, only three. 



213. Pied. La Pie, BecafTe de mer. Be- 



Ion av. 203. 

 Haematopus. Gefner a<v. 548. 

 Aldr. aro. III. 1 76. 

 Wil. orn. 297. 

 Raiifyn. a-v. 1 05. 

 L'Hutrier, Pie de rner. Brif- 



fon a<v. V. 38. tab. I. fig- I. 

 The Oyfter Catcher. Cat. 



Carol. I. 85. Hoematopus 



oftralegus. Lin. fyft. 257. 

 Marfpitt, Strandfkjura, Faun, 



Suec. jp. 192. 



Pica marina. Can opufc. 62. 



N. Com. Petr. IV. 425. 



Tirma, or Trilichan. Mar- 

 tin's -z>oy. St. Kilda. 35. 



IJlandis mas Tialldur, fcemina 

 Tilldra. Feroenfibus Kiel- 

 der. Norvegi sTicld v. Kield, 

 Glib, Strand-Skiure. Danis 

 Strand- Skade . Brunnicb, 

 189. 



Br. Zool. 127. 



SEA Pies are very common on mod of our 

 coafts -, feeding on marine infects, oyfters, lim- 

 pets, &c. Their bills, which are comprefled fide- 

 ways, and end obtufely, are very fit inftruments to 

 infmuate between the limpet and the rock thofe 

 fhells adhere to ; which they do with great dexte- 

 rity to get at the fifh. On the coaft of France, 

 where the tides recede fo far as to leave the beds of 

 oyfters bare, thefe birds feed on them ; forcing the 

 (hells open with their bills. They keep infummer 

 time in pairs, laying their eggs on the bare ground: 



they 



