130 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 
FAMILY HAEMATOPODID-=. 
Oyster-catchers. 
Toes, three; bill, over 2.50 inches long. 
Section 1. Toes, three; bill, red. 
Head and neck, blackish, or very dark brown; back, 
ms | brown; upper tail coverts, white; bill, red; bill, over 
ees =~ 2.50 inches long; wing, about ten inches long; lower 
breast and belly, white. 
Hematopus palliatus. American Oyster=catcher. 
Hematopus palliatus. See No. 234. 
American Oyster-catcher, 
