82 LIMICOL^E : Shore-Birds 



RUDDY TURNSTONE 



(283a. Arenaria interpres morinella) 9^ in. 



Back and wings largely rusty; head mostly white, variously 

 black-marked; a black chest-band, otherwise white below. 

 Female, duller. 



Winter: Much less rusty; black obscured by gray edges. 



SURF-BIRD See Appendix. 



(282. Aphriza virgata) 10 in. 



OYSTER-CATCHERS. Family Haematopodidae 



Habitants of rocky ocean shores and islands, remote from 

 human habitations. Food consists of various shellfish and 

 crustaceans. 



BLACK OYSTER-CATCHER 



(287. Haematopus bachmani) 17 in. 



A large, stoutly-built shore-bird; black head and neck, re- 

 maining parts sooty brown; bill thick, chisel-like, bright red; 

 legs red. 



In the field appears wholly black. 



Feeds chiefly on shellfish of the bivalve type, to open which 

 the chisel-shaped bill is admirably adapted. 



