Kl > 10 Illl HIK-DS 01 I \M! i;\ NOKTIl AMKUK'A. 



FAMILY H/EMATOPODID^E. 

 Oyster-catchers. 



Toes, three; bill, over 2.50 inches Ions- 



Section 1. Toes, three; bill, red. 



Head and nock, blackish, or very dark browii; back, 

 brown; upper tail coverts, white; bill, red ; bill, over 

 >N 2.50 inches long; wing, about ten inches long; lower 



palliatus. 



breast and belly, white. 



American Oyster-catcher. 



See No. 234. 



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Amorioan Oystorcatohor. 



