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PRiECOCIAL GRALLATORES — LIMICOL.E. 





Heematopus ostralegus. 



EVBOFEAH OTSTEB CATCHEB. 



Heematopus ostralcijus, Lisx. Faun. Suec. 69 ; S. N. cil. 10, 1758, 152 ; cil. 12, 1766, 257. — Nai- 

 Vbg. Deutsclil. VII. 1834, 325, iil. 181. — SriiLEo. llev. Ciit. 85. — Kkys. & Ulas. Will). Ei 



- Naim. 



Eur. 

 71. — Okay, Geu. 15. HI. 517; Cat. Hiit. 15. 18(53, 142. — Maltjii.l. Hist, liiit. 15. IV. 1852, 

 152. — UiDiiW. Noin. X. Am. B. 1881, no. 500. — C(iUE.s, Check List, 2d cj. 1882, no. 505 

 (" ostri/cf)its "). 



Ifcnnalopus hiipolriicu.i, Pali.. Zoiifj. ]{o.s.so-As. II. 1811, 129. 



ILvma/opits hiifiirnstris, ViKiLi.. Ene. Moth. II. 1820, 310. — GouLD. B. Austr. VI. pi. 7. 



liwmrilojms in'i-'itii.i, VliioKs, King's Voy. Austr. Alp. 420. 



Ostrakga pieu, Bosnat. Enc. !Muth. 1790, 25. 



Oslralegn curopccu, Li.ss. Tiaito, 1831, 548. 



Hivnuitopus austrahmidnus, fioui.D, P. Z. S. 1837, 155. 



Ostmleyus vithjnris, Li:ss. lii'v. Zoiil. 1839, 47. 



Ostmlcgus lnrmnUpus, MAifiii.i,. Man. II. 59. 



Ifcrmntopus balticus, Piiieii.m, A'iig. Dcutschl. 563. 



Hirinalopus orkntiilis, BliEll.M, 1. c. 



Hwmatopus osculans, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, 405. 



Pied Oyster Cateltcr, Pkxn. Biit. Zoiil. II. 1812, 112, pi. 19. 



Oyster Catcher, Yauu. Brit. B. cil. 2, II. 496, fig. ; erl. 3, II. 525, fig., ct Auct. 



Had. Sea-const.'< of the Pala-arctic region, New Zealand, etc. ; occa.«ional in Greenland 

 (Reinh. J. f. 0. 1854, 425 ; Ibis, 1861-1869. Julianehaab, 1847 ; Godtbaab, 1851 ; Nenortalik, 

 three .specimens). 



Sp. Chah. Adult : Head, neqk, juguluni, wings, and tail, black, the head and neck somewhat 

 plumbeous in certain lights, the wings and tail slightly brownish. Rest of the plumage^ including 

 the entire ninip, upper tail-coverts, base of the tail, greater wing-coverts, and lower parts, ))urc 

 white. Throat sometimes with a white transverse band, and in some specimens other white 



markings about the head.^ Bill " vennilion, tinged with yellow as far as the end of the nasal 

 groove, the attenuated part dull yellow ; " iris crimson, eyelids vermilion ; feet " pale lake or 

 purplish red." (Macgillivray.) Young : " General color of the dark parts . . . deep chocolate- 

 brown, the feathers slightly margined with yellowish red ; the breast, belly, greater part of the 

 back [i. e. rump?], half of the tail, and its coverts . . . white ;" bill "more tinged with orange, 

 but the feet . . . nearly as described above " (Macgillivray). 



1 According to Macgillivray (Hist. Brit. B. IV. p. 155), these variations appear to bo of an individual 

 character, " birds at all seasons occurring with the varieties as to the white marks on the neck mentioned 

 above." 



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