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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



FAMILY H/EMATOPODID^. 



Oyster=catchers. 



Toes, three; bill, over 2.50 inches long. 



Section 1. Toes, three; bill, red. 



Haeniatoims palliatue. 



Head aud neck, blackish, or very dark brown ; back, 

 brown; upper tail coverts, white; bill, red ; bill, over 

 2.50 inches long; wing, about ten inches long; lower 

 breast and belly, white. 



Hmnatopus palliatus. American Oyster=catcher. 



S(;e No. 234. 



American Oystor-catcher. 



