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CHAEADEIID^:. 



p. 15 (Cape Sambo, Trinidad Channel ; Torn Bay ; Hugh Bay) ; 

 Scl. 8f Salv. Voy. ' Challenger; ii. p. 108 (1881 : Penguin Isl. ; 

 Elizabeth Isl. ; Tom Harbour) ; Seeb. Geoyr. Distr. Charadr. p. 306 

 (1888) ; Eidgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xii. p. 136 (1889 : Elizabeth 

 Isl.) ; Oust. Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, Ois. p. 121 (1891). 



Adult male. Black with a white belly, like H. ostralegus and its 

 allies, but distinguished by its black lower back and rump, the 

 upper tail-coverts and base of tail being white ; the greater part of 

 the under wing-coverts also are black ; primaries entirely black, 

 without any white along the shaft or on the inner web : " bill 

 orange-red ; feet grey ; iris and eyelid brilliant yellow " (Dr. Cop- 

 jpinger). Total length 16*5 inches, culmen 2*8, wing 10-2, tail 3*8, 

 tarsus 1*65. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour : " legs and feet 

 flesh-coloured, claws black; iris bright yellow; eyelid yellow" 

 (Dr. Coppinger). Total length 16 inches, culmen 2*7, wing 10, 

 tail 4, tarsus l - 7. 



Young. Similar to the adults, with a white breast and abdomen, 

 but more dusky black, with rusty margins to all the feathers of the 

 upper surface. 



Hah. Falkland Islands and Straits of Magellan. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. d. 2 a| i. et 

 pull. sk. 



e. c? ad. sk. 



f. $ ad. sk. 



g. Ad. sk. 



h, i. S ad. sk. 



k. c? juv. sk. 



I. Ad. sk. 



m. Juv. sk. 

 n. Ad. sk. 

 o, p. Ad. sk. 

 q. Juv. sk. 



r. Ad. sk. 



s. Skeleton. 



South America. 

 Tierra del Fuego. 



Tom Harbour, Straits of Ma- 

 gellan, Jan. 6. 

 Elizabeth Island. 



Penguin Island, Messier 



Channel. 

 Hermit Island, Oct. 11 (Dr. 



McCormick). 

 Tom Bay, Jan. 10 (Dr. Cop- 

 pinger). 

 Hugh Bay, Feb. 27 (Dr. 



Coppinyer). 

 Cape Sambo, March 3 (Dr. 



Coppinger). 

 Falkland Islands. 

 Falkland Islands. 

 Falkland Islands (Leconte). 

 S. Salvador Bay, Falklands, 



Dec. 

 Berkeley Sound, Falklands, 

 . May (Dr. McCormick). 

 Patagonia. 



The Admiralty [P.]. 



Sir W. Burnett & 

 Capt. Fitzroy [P.]. 



Voy. H.M.S. ' Chal- 

 lenger.' 



Voy. H.M.S. ' Chal- 

 lenger.' 



Voy. H.M.S. 'Chal- 

 lenger.' 



AntarcticExpedition. 



Voy. H.M.S. 'Alert.' 



Voy. H.M.S. 'Alert.' 



Voy. H.M.S. 'Alert.' 



AntarcticExpedition. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 McCormick Bequest. 



Antarctic Expedi- 

 tion. 

 Dr. Coppinger [P.]. 



5. Haematopus palliatus. 



The American Oystercatcher. 



The Oyster-catcher, Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carol, i. p. 85, pi. 85 (1731). 



Hrernatopus ostralegus (nee L.), Wils.Amer. Orn. viii. p. 15, pi. Lxiv. 



fig. 2 (1814, pt. nee tab.). 

 Hsmatopus palliatus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 532 (1829) ; Audub. 



