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CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[B 515, C 406, R 509, C 598.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Nearly cosmopolitan. In America from Greenland 

 and Alaska to the Straits of Magellan ; more or less common in the 

 interior of North America, on the shores of the Great Lakes and the 

 larger rivers. Breeds in high northern latitudes. 



284. Arenaria melanocephala (Vig.). 



Black Turnstone. 



Strepsilas 7nelanocephalus Vig. Zool. Jour. IV. Jan. 1829, 356. 

 Are7iaria vtelanocephala Stejn. Auk, I. July, 1884, 229. 

 [B 516, C 4o6«, R 510, C 599.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Pacific coast of North America, from Point Barrow, 

 Alaska, to Santa Margarita Island, Lower California ; breeding from 

 Alaska south to British Columbia. Accidental in India. 



Family H^MATOPODIDiE. Oyster-catchers. 



Genus HJQMATOFUS Linn^us. 



H(E7natopjis Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 152. Type, H. ostrale- 

 gus Linn. 



[285.] Haematopus ostralegus Linn. 



Oyster-catch er . 



Hcematopus ostralegus luiT^m. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 152. 

 [B- C— , R506, C595.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Sea-coasts of Europe and part of Asia and Africa ; 

 occasional in Greenland. 



286. Hcematopus palliatus Temm. 



American Oyster-catcher. 



Hcematopus palliatus Temm. Man. II. 1820, 532. 

 [B512, C 404, R507, C 596.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Sea-coasts of temperate and tropical America, from 

 New Jersey and western Mexico to Patagonia ; occasional or acci- 

 dental on the Atlantic coast north to Massachusetts and Grand 

 Menan. 



