6L 



OYSTER-CATCHER. 



PIED OYSTER-CATCHER. SEA PIE. OLIYE. 



Hamatopvs ostmlegus, PF.NXAWT. MONTAGU. 



" beloniL WILLUOHBY. 



(H)aimi Blood. PousA foot. Ostralegus. 



Osttrcca An oyster. Lego To collect. 



Tins fine and handsome bird is well known on the coast 

 in many parts of England and Ireland, from the Scilly Islands 

 to the extreme north. In Europe, its range extends from the 

 southern countries Holland, France, and Spain, to Denmark, 

 Sweden, Norway, Russia, Siberia, Kamtschatka, the Ferroe 

 Isles, and Iceland. In Asia, it is described as occurring in 

 Japan, and in Africa, as far as Senegal, and in America, also 

 from Hudson's Bay to the Bermudas. 



In Yorkshire, Mr. Allis reports, on the authority of Mr. 

 Eddison, that it is, though rarely, met with near Huddersfield, 

 and that two were obtained on Slaithwaite and Marsden Moors, 

 in winter, near the reservoirs. In other parts of the kingdom 

 too it has occurred inland. Four are recorded to have been met 

 'with at Grodalming, in Surrey, and one also at Oatlands by 

 the Thames, fifty miles from the sea. James Harley, Esq. 

 gives it as occasionally occurring on the banks of the Trent, 

 and mentions a pair killed at Melbourne Pool, on the borders 

 of Leicestershire, in January, 1838. They seem to be the 

 most numerous on the Lincolnshire coast, near Skegness, and 

 other parts. On the Norfolk coast it is common throughout 

 the year, breeding there, as it also does in the Fern Islands, 

 on the coast of Northumberland, and in Scotland, in Suther- 

 landshire, and elsewhere. It has been known to breed several 

 miles inland, as much as twenty-five, or thirty, or more, 

 namely, on the banks of the Don, in Scotland, and up as high 



