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GRALLATORES. 



CHARADRIID^E. 



CHARADRIIDM. 



THE OYSTER-CATCHER, 



Hcemaiopus ostralegus, 



OR SEA-PIE. 



Hamatopus ostralegus. 



Tlie Oyster-catcher, 

 Pied 



v> 



Common 







Pied 





 Huiterier Pie^ 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 112. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 121. 

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 115. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 200. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 184. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xv. 

 TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 53L 



H^MATOPUS. Generic Characters. Beak longer than the head, straight, 

 strong, the point much compressed, forming a wedge ; culmen of the anterior part 

 slightly convex ; upper mandible with a broad lateral groove, extending one half 

 the length of the bill ; mandibles nearly equal in size and length, with the thin 



