606 THE BLACK OYSTER-CATCHER 
black varied by rusty edgings of feathers; bill shorter, pointed, dusky Downy 
\shy gray, striped above with black. Length of adult about 17.50 
$44.5); Wing 10.00 (254); tail 4.50 (114.3); bill 3.00 (76.2); 
Recognition Marks.—Crow size; uniform black plumage 
Nesting.—.\ est: a pint of rock-flakes placed on rock or 
e-line I'D s: 2 or 3, olive-buff of varying shade, spotted 
vari ith black and dark brown, w some imbedded markings of the same. 
\V 5IZC. 2.20 X 1.54 55.0 X 38.0 sca ( June 1st; one brood 
General Range.—l’acific Coast of Nort \mer 
rica from Lower California 
north to the Aleuti 
ns; the Kurile Islands; breeding thruout most of its range 
ana til 
Range in Washington.—Common resident upon the Olympiades and the ad 
acent coast; sparingly resident on the smaller islands of the San Juan group 
Authorities. \udubon, Birds of America, Vol IV. pl. 427. Townsend, 
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arrative, (1839) p. 348. T. C&S. RH. E 
Specimens.—( U. of W.) Prov. C. | 
PROSY hedge rows and quiet cuck ponds for such as hke then but roat 
g reefs and a pounding sea for the Black Oyster-catcher! And what more 
romantic spot to charm the eye and fire the imagination, than a bird rock in the 
Ue P ich ! | he ft 1g, may be, shrouded the entire scene at daybreak, but as 
we launc rut in the surf at nine o'clock, it is clearing away, and only Stray 
wisps of mist cling 
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