ORDER LIMICOLjE. 165 



283. Arenaria interpres (Lixx.). 



Turnstone. 



Tringa interpres Lixx. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 148. 

 Arenaria interpres VIEILL. Gal. Ois. II. 1834, 102. 



[6515, C 406, R 09, 598.] 



HAB. 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 (Vic.). 



Black Turnstone. 



Strepsilas melanocephalus VIG. Zool. Jour. IV. Jan. 1829, 356. 

 Arenaria melanocephala STEJX. Auk, I. July, 1884, 229. 



[B 516, C 4o6rt, R 510, C 599.] 



HAB. Pacific coast of North America, from Alaska to Monterey, 

 California ; breeding in Alaska. 



FAMILY HJEMATOPODIDj. OYSTER CATCHERS. 



GEXUS H2EMATOPUS LINNAEUS. 



Hamatopus Lixx. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 152. Type, H. ostralegus 

 Lixx. 



[285.] Haematopus ostralegus LINN. 



Oyster-catcher. 



Hcematopus ostralegus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 152. 

 [B C , R 506, C 595.] 



HAB. Sea-coasts of the Eastern Hemisphere ; occasional in Green- 

 land. 



286. Haematopus palliatus TEMM. 



American Oyster- catcher. 



Hamatopus palliatus TEMM. Man. II. 1820, 532. 



