OYSTER CATCHER. 



downy state when they lie still in the clefts of the grey lichen- 

 covered rocks, which they greatly resemble in colour. We once 

 caught some young ones fledged and nearly full grown, and 

 kept them in captivity for a while, feeding them on limpets, 

 which they cut out of their shells with their scissor-like bills. 

 Oyster Catchers wade habitually, but when wounded and hard 

 pressed they will take to the water and try to escape by 

 swimming. 



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