120 CHAEADEIID^!. 



Hsematopus unicolor (nee Wagl.), Licht. Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berol. 



p. 93 (1854 : Kaffernland). 

 Melanibyx capensis, Heine §■ JReichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 337 



(1882-90). 



Adult, Similar to H. unicolor, and scarcely to be distinguished 

 from it, but the nasal groove not quite so prolonged and extending 

 only just beyond the angle of the genys, the feet being more 

 yjurplish red in colour : " bill orange-red ; feet carmine-red ; iris 

 bright red; ring round the eye orange-red" (C J. Andersson). 

 Total length 20 inches, culmen '6, wing 11-6, tail 4-7, tarsus 1*9. 



Hab. South Africa, to the Red Sea on the East, and Gaboon on 

 the West coast ; Canaries ; Madeira. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



•c. Ad. sk. Cape Colony. J. E. Harting, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Skeleton. S. Africa. Eyton Coll. 



11. Haematopus niger. 



Hsematopus niger, Tall. Zoogr. Ross.-Asiat. ii. p. 131 (1811 : Kurile 

 & Kodiak Is.); Cass, in Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 700 (1858: 

 Alaska; California) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Cursores, p. 76 (1865, 

 pt.) ; Brown, Ibis, 1868, p. 424 (Vancouver Is.) ; Ball § Bann. 

 Tr. Chic. Acad. i. p. 290 (1869 : Sitka ; Kodiak) ; Gray, Hand-l. 

 B. iii. p. 22, no. 10067 (1871) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 246 

 (1872 : Pacific coast) ; Ball, Notes Avif. Aleut, Isl, p. 4 (1873 : 

 breeding) ; Streets, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 7, p. 17 (1877 : S. 

 Martin's Island, Lower California) ; Coues, Check-l. N. Amer. B. 

 p. 98 (1882) ; Bean, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. pp. 163, 173 (1882: 

 Alaska) ; Belding, t. c. p. 528 (Lower California) ; Baird, Brewer, 

 8f Ridgw. Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 116 (1884) ; Coues, Key 

 N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 607 (1884); Seebohm, Geogr. Bistr. 

 Charadr. p. 310 (1888) ; id. B. Japan. Emp. p. 313 (1890 : Kurile 

 Isl.) ; Rhoads, Atik, x. p. 17 (1893: British Columbia). 



Hsematopus bachmam, Audub. B. Amer. pi. 427. fig. 1 (c. 1826) ; id. 

 Orn. Biogr. v. p. 245 (1839) ; id. B. Amer. 8vo, v. p. 243, pi. 325 

 (1842 : Regent's Sound) ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 547 (1847) ; Stejn. 

 Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 29, p. 102 (1885 : Aleutian Is.) ; A. O. U. 

 Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 166 (1886) ; Evermann, Auk, iii. p. 92 

 (1886 : Ventura Co., Cal.) ; Turner, Nat. Hist. Alaska, ii. p. 151 

 (1886) ; Blake, Auk, iv. p. 329 (1887 : Santa Cruz Is., Cal., 

 breeding) ; Ridrjiv. Man, N. Amer. B. p. 183 (1887) ; Nelson, Nat. 

 Hist. Alaska, Birds,?. 130 (1887). 



Melanibyx niger, Heme §■ Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 337 

 (1882-90 : Kodiak Is.). 



Adidt. General colour above dark chocolate-brown, including the 

 wings and tail, which are blackish towards the ends ; head and 

 neck all round black, scarcely contrasting with the brown of the 

 rest of the body, but more conspicuous than in the Old World Black 

 Oystercatchers : " bill vermilion, fading to yellow towards the end ; 

 feet white, slightly tinged with flesh-colour ; claws yellowish, dusky 

 towards the ends ; edges of eyelids vermilion ; iris yellow " (J. J. 

 Audubon). Total length 17*5 inches, culmen 2-9, wing 10 - 5, tail 

 4-1, tarsus 2*1. 



