OYSTER-CATCHER. 525 



OR ALL A TORES. CHARADRIID^. 



THE OYSTER-CATCHER, 



OR SEA-PIE. 



Hcematopus ostralegus. 

 ffcematopus ostralegus, The Oyster-catcher, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 112. 



Pied 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. 



p. 121. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 115. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. 



p. 200. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 184. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Huiterier Pie, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. 



p. 531. 



H^MATOPUS. Generic Characters. Beak longer than the head, straight, 

 strong, the point much compressed, forming a wedge; eulmen of the 



Common 



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