8 CHAEADRIID.E. 



Haematopus niger, Pall. 



Hffimatopus niger, Thien. Fortjiflanz. ges Viig. tab. Ivii. fig. o, a, b 

 (1845_54) ; Baird, Brewer !^ Ridgiv. Water Birds N. Am. i. p. 116 

 (1884); Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. C/iaradi-ndce,^!- 310 (1887) ; Sharps, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 120 (1896); id. Hand-l. i. p. 147 (1899). 



The eggs of the North-American Black Oyster-catcher resemble 

 those ot If. osiralegus, and have a much darker ground than the 

 crro-s of //. pcilliatiis. They measure from 2-04 to 2-4 in length, 

 and from 1*47 to 1-6 in breadth. 



2. North America. Old Collection. 



3. llosario Channel, Vancouver Island, Voy. H.M.S. 'Plumper. 



8th June (Dr. Lyall). 

 3. Waldron Island, Vancouver Island, Voy. H.M.S. ' Plumper.' 

 23rd June (Dr. Lyall). 



1. Santa Cruz Island, California, June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Henshaw Coll.). 



Haematopus ater (Less.). 



Hffimatopus unicolor, Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 96. 



Htematopus ater, Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 155; Sliarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 



xxiv. p. 121 (^1896) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 147 (1899). 

 Haematopus niger Rter, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadriidce, ■p. 311 (1887). 

 tifeniatopus palliatus (nee Temm.), James, New List Chilian Birds, p. 11 



(1892). 



The eggs of the South- American Black Oyster-catcher have the 

 same pale ground as those of H. palliatus, and can consequently be 

 easily separated from the eggs of //. leucopus, the other species of 

 Oyster-catcher found in the Falkland Islands, in which the ground- 

 colour is much darker. The markings are, moreover, small and 

 delicate, consisting of spots, lines, and short streaks. Numerous 

 specimens measure from 2-3 to 2-7 in length, and from I'o to 1-7 

 in breadth. 



2. Central Chile, Oct. Berkeley James Coll. 



3. Falkland Islands (C. C. Abbott). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 3. Falkland Islands (C. C.^.). Salvin-Godman ColL 



3. Falkland Islands (C. C. A.). Gould Coll. 

 1. Falkland Islands. Gould Coll. 



4, Falkland Islands. McCormick Bequest. 

 6. Falkland Islands. Purchased. 



1. Port Henry, Straits of Magellan, Voy. H.M.S. ' Alert.' 



23rd Jan. (Dr. Coppinger). 



Sub-Family LOBIVANELLINiE. 



Genus LOBIPLUVIA, Bp. 



Lobipluvia malabarica (Bod J.). 



(Plate I. fig. 2.) 



Sarciophorus bilobus, Layard, Ann. &,- Mag. N. H. (2) xiv. p. 108 (1854) 

 Lobipluvia malabarica, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 966 (1880); Gates, ed. 



