SHORE BIRDS 



286.1. Fkazar's Oyster-catcher. Hccmntopus hachmani. 



Range. — Lower California. 



This species is darker on the back than the preceding, 

 and the breast is mottled with dusky. Bill very long, 

 heavy, compressed, and thin and chisel-like at the tip. 



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Brownish buff. 



Bill and eyes red; legs flesh color; under parts white, and 



a white wing bar. These are large, awkward looking birds. 



It is not an uncommon wader in its somewhat restricted 



range. Its nesting habits are the same as those of the ' ' 



preceding one, but the markings are generally more sharply 



defined. The one figured is from a set in the collection of Mr. C. W. Crandall. 



287. Black Oyster-catcher. Ilacmatopus hachmani. 



Range. — Pacific coast of North 

 America from Lower California 

 north to Alaska. 



This species is the same size as 

 the Oyster-catcher, but the plumage 

 is entirely black both above and be- 

 low. They are found upon the 

 rocky coasts and islands, more fre- 

 quently than upon sandy beaches. 

 Their eggs are laid upon bare rocks 

 or pebbles with no attempt at lin- 

 ing for the nest. The eggs are an 

 olive buff in color, spotted and 

 blotched with brownish black. 

 Size 2.20 x 1.55. Breeding through- 

 out the Aleutian Islands, British 

 Columbia and south to Lower California 



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Olive buff. 

 Three or four eggs are laid. 



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