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B. Amer. pi. 223 (c. 182G) ; Neuwied, Beitr. Naturg. Bras. iv. p. 746 

 (18:i:J) ; Audub. Orn. Biogr. iii. p. 181 (1835), v. p. 580(1839); 

 Gould, Voy. ' Beagle,' Birds, p. 128 (1841 : Rio Plata) ; Audub. 

 B. Amer. v. p. 23(3, pi. 324 (1842) ; Jard. S[ Selbi/, III. Orn. (n. s.) 

 pi. 7 (183G: Florida Keys) ; Giraud, B. Long isl. p. 222 (1844) ; 

 Gray, List Grallce Brit. Mus. p. 72 (1844) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 547 

 (1847); Lcmbeye, Av. Cuba, p. 104 (1850) ; Burin. Th. Bras. iii. 

 p. 306 (1856) ; Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, p. 423 (Cuba) ; Casein in 

 BaircTe B. N. Amer. p. 699 (1858) ; Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. vii. 

 p. 121 (1859 : Bahamas) : Brewer, t. c. p. 308 (1860 : Cuba) ; 

 Newton, Ibis, 1861, p. 115 (St. Thomas) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1863, 

 p. 190 (Guatemala) ; Seal. Mus. Pays-Bas, Cursores, p. 74 (1865: 

 pt.) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1866, p. 34 (Galveston Bay) ; Gundl. Repert. 

 Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i. p. 358 (1866) ; Scl. P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 339 ; 

 Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 141 (1868 : Costa Rica), p. 210 

 (Yucatan) ; Sundev. (Efv. K. Vet.-Akad. Fork. 1869, p. 588 (St. 

 Bartholomew) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 298 (1871 : JIatto Grosso ; 

 Cujutuba) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 21, no. 10059 (1871); Coues, 

 Key N. Amer. B. p. 246 (1872) ; Scl. § Salv. Nomenrl. Av. Neotrop. 

 p. 143 (1873); Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. vii. p. 379 

 h.878: Cuba); Merrill, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 160(1878: 

 Padre and Brazos Isl., Texas; breeding) ; Sennett, Bull. U.S. Geol. 

 Surv, iv. p. 53 (1878: Texas); Maynard, B. East. N. Amer. 

 p. 365 (1879); Cory, B. Bahamas, p. 150 (1880: resident); 

 Merrill, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 198 (1880); Belding, 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 527 (1882: Coronados Is.) ; Zeledon, 

 Cat. Aves Costa Rica, p. 30 (1882) ; Coues, Check-l. N. Amer. 

 B. p. 98 (1882); Belding, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 351 

 (1883: Lower California); Cory, B. S. Domingo, p. 145 (1884); 

 Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 606 (1884) ; Baird, Brewer, $ 

 Ridgw. Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 112 (1884) ; Brewster, Auk, 

 ii. p. 384 (1885: Massachusetts); Turner, Proc. U.S. Nut. Mus. 

 viii. p. 245 (1885 : Labrador) ; A. O. U. Check-l. N. Amer. B. 

 p. 165 (1886); Evermann, Auk, iii. p. 92 (1886; Ventura Co., 

 California) : Dutcher, t. c. p. 439 (Long Isl.) ; Cory, Auk, iv. 

 p. 230 (1887 : Bahamas ; Cuba ; Haiti ; S. Domingo ; Porto Rico ; 

 St. Bartholomew) : Scott, t. c. p. 270 (Florida) ; Ridgw. Man. N 

 Amer. B. p. 182 (1887) ; Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 305 

 (1888); Scott, Auk, vi. p. 160 (1889: Florida); Cory, B. West 

 Indies, p. 230 (1889) ; Salv. Pbis, 1889, p. 379 (Cozumel) ; Northrop, 

 Auk, viii. p. 76 (1891 : Andros Isl.) ; Witmer Stone, t. c. p. 245 

 (Delaware); Cory, t. c. p. 297 (Caicos Isl.), p. 334 (Abaco Isl.), 

 p. 351 (Inagua) ; id. Auk, ix. p. 48 (1892 : Marasruana) : Scott, t. c. 

 p. 212 (Florida) ; Bertepsch, J.f. O. 1892, pp. 104, 121 (Curacao 

 Is.); Cory, Cat. W. Ltd. B. p. 95 (1892: Greater and Lesser 

 Antilles; Bahamas); Dutcher, Auk, x. p. 272 (1893: Long 

 Island) ; Hartert, Ibis, 1893, p. 308 (Aruba), p. 325 (Curacao). 



Fhematopus brasiliensis, Licht. Verz. Doabl. p. 73 (1823) ; Allen, 

 Hull. Amer. Mus. ii. p. 27] (1889). 



Ostralega palliata, Less. TraiU, p. 548 (1831). 



The Oyster-catcher, Nuttall, Man. Orn. ii. p. 15 (1834). 



'' male. General colour above earthy brown from the hind 

 neck downwards, and including the lower back and rump ; the sides 

 of the latter and the upper tail-coverts pure white, the latter tipped 

 with brownish; tail white, with nearly the terminal half blackish 

 brown, forming a very broad hand, decreasing in extent towards 



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