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1888, p. 53. (//) Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiv, 1896, pp. 102, 729. (.5) Grinnell^ 

 Pasadena Acad. Sci., i, 1897, p. 26. {(>) Grinnell, Pasadena Acad. Sci., ii, 1898, p. 19. 

 (7) Davie, Nests & Eggs N. Am. Birds, 5th ed., 1898, p. 159. (8) Grinnell and Daggett, 

 Auk, XX, 1903, pp. 33, 37. (il) Breninger, Auk, xxi, 1904, p. 218. (10) Mearns, Bull. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., Lvi, 1907, p. 141. (11) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 83. (12) Linton, 

 Condor, x, 1908, p. 126. (13) Grinnell, Condor, x, 1908, p. 130. (14) Wright, Condor, 

 XI, 1909, p. 100. (l.j) Osburn, Condor, xi, 1909, p. 137. (16) Willett, Condor, xii, 

 1910, p. 173. (/?) Cooke, Bull. U. S. Biol. Surv., xxxv revised, 1912, p. 99. (IS) Wil- 

 lett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 42. 



An abundant migrant, and common throughout the winter. Non-breeders 

 occasionally seen all through the summer. The majority arrive about the mid- 

 dle of August and leave the middle of May. Breeding plumage is assumed to- 

 wards the last of April. This is by far the most a])undant shore bird on the isl- 

 ands, much more so than on the mainland, occurring in flocks of as many as thir- 

 ty individuals, and freciuenting the rockiest shores. 



78, Haematopus frazari Brewster 



Frazar Oyster-catcher 



Haematopus palliatus (1) Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., iv, 1868, p. 8. (?) Cooper, Proc. 



Calif. Acad. Sci., iv, 1870, p. 79. (3) Baird, Brewer and Ridgway, Water Birds N. 



Am., I, 1884, p. 113. 

 Haematopus frazari ('/) Davie, Nests & Eggs N. Am. Birds, 5th ed., 1898, p. 161. (.'>) 



Brewster, Birds Cape Region Lower Calif., 1902, p. 74. (6) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 



3, 1902, p. 29. (7) Grinnell and Daggett, Auk, xx, 1903, pp. 29, 33, 37. (S) Osburn, 



Condor, xiii, 1911, p. 76. (9) Cooke, Bull. U. S. Biol. Surv., xxxv revised, 1912, p. 42. 



(10) Willett, Pac. Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 42. (//) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 



1915, p. 57. 



Rare straggler from farther south during the late summer. J. Grinnell (7) 

 took one specimen on the Coronados, August 6, 1902, and saw another the follow- 

 ing day. J. G. Cooper (2) shot a female on Santa Barbara Island, June 2, 1863, 

 that held an egg nearly ready to be laid. Although tliis would indicate that the 

 bird was breeding in the vicinity, we have no cause to suppose that the species 

 has bred within our range since that time at least. 



79. Haematopus bachmani Audubon 



Black Oyster-catcher 



Haematopus niger (1) Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., iv, 1870, p. 79. (2) Henshaw, Rep. 

 Wheeler Surv., 1876, p. 270. (3) Baird, Brewer and Ridgway, Water Birds N. Am., 

 I, 1884, p. 116. (//) Streator, Proc. Sta. Barbara Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1887, p. 22. (5) 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiv, 1896, p. 121. 



Haematopus bachmani (6) Blake, Auk, iv, 1887, p. 329. (7) Streator, Orn. & Ool., xiii, 

 1888, p. 53. (8) Brewster, Birds Cape Region Lower Calif., 1902, p. 75. (<)) Grinnell 

 and Daggett, Auk, xx, 1903, pp. 33, 37. (10) Linton, Condor, x, 1908, p. 126. (11) 

 Grinnell, Condor, x, 1908, p. 130. (1.2) Wright, Condor, xi, 1909, p. 100. (13) Os- 

 burn, Condor, xi, 1909, p. 137. (1.',) Willett, Condor, xii, 1910, p. 173. (/.T) Osburn, 

 Condor, xiii, 1911, p. 32. (16) Burt, Condor, xiii, 1911, p. 164. (/7) Willett, Pac. 

 Coast Avif., 7, 1912, p. 42. (IH) Wright and Snyder, Condor, xv, 1913, pp. 87, 91. 

 (19) Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avif., 11, 1915, p. 57. 



Haemantopus bachmani (20) Streator, Orn. & Ool., xiii, 1888, p. 54. 



