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CHARADRIID.E. 



GRALLATORES. 



charadriid^j:. 



THE OYSTER-CATCHER, 



OR SEA-PIE. 



H(emati)pus ostralegus, The Oyster-catcher, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 112. 



„ Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



„ Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 121. 



Pied „ 



Common „ 

 Fied „ 



Huitericr Pie, 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 115. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 200. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 184. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xv. 

 Temm. Man. d'Ornith.vol. ii. p. 531. 



H.'EMATOPus. Generic Characters. — Beak longer than the head, straight, 

 strong, the point much compressed, forming a wedge ; culmen of the anterior 

 part slightly convex ; upper mandible with a broad lateral groove, extending 



