276 Mr. Sslby's Catalogue of Birds. 



Genus FULICA. COOT. 

 145. FULICA ATRA. COMMON COOT. 



Fulica atra, Linn., Rail, Briss., Lath., S^c. 

 Fulica major, Briss., Raii. 



Common Coot, Br. Zool., Arct. Zool., Lath. Syn., Mont. Ornith. Diet., Bewick's Br. Birds, 

 Flemm. Br. Anim., Shaw's Zool., Selby's lUus. Br. Orn. 



Family V. Charadhiad^. 

 Genus HiEMATOPUS. OYSTER-CATCHER. 



146. H^MATOPUS OSTRALEGUS. PIED OYSTER-CATCHER. 



Haematopus Ostralegus, Linn., Lath., Flemm., Sfc. 

 Huiterier Pie, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 



Sea-Pie, or Pied Oyster-Catcher, Br. Zool., Lath. Syn., Mont. Ornith. Diet, and Sup., 

 Bewick's Br. Birds, Flemm. Br. Anim. 



Genus STREPSILAS. TURNSTONE. 



147. STREPSILAS INTERPRES. COMMON TURNSTONE. 



Strepsilas interpres. Leach, Shaw's Zool., Flemm. Br. Anim. 



Strepsilas collaris, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 



Tringa interpres, Linn., Lath. 



Tringa morinella, Linn. (Young.) 



Turnstone, or Sea Dottrell, Lath. Syn., Id. Sup., Mont. Ornith. Diet., Shaw's Zool. 



Hebridal Sandpiper, Br. Zool. 



Common during the winter upon the roeky eoast near Bamburgh ; but I have observed 



that in a flock of upwards of one hundred, seldom more than three or four were in the 



matured plumage. I am informed that several in the summer plumage were shot near 



Tynemouth during the summers of 1829 and 1830. 



Genus VANELLUS. LAPWING. 



148. VANELLUS CRISTATUS. COMMON LAPWING. 



VaneUus cristatus, Meyer, Flemm., Selby, <§rc. 

 Tringa vanellus, Linn., Lath., 8fc. 

 Vanneau huppe, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 



Lapwing, or Bastard Plover, Br. Zool., Lath. Syn., Mont. Ornith. Diet., Bewick's Br. Birds, 

 Flemm. Br. Anim. 



Genus SQUATAROLA. WHISTLER. 



149. SQUATAROLA CINEREA. GREY WHISTLER. 



Squatarola cinerea, Flemm. Br. Anim. 



Squatarola grisea. Staph., Shaw's Zool. 



Tringa Squatarola et Helvetica, Linn., Lath. 



Vanellus melanogaster, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 



Grey Sandpiper, Penn. Br. Zool., Arct. Zool., Lath. Syn., Mont. Ornith. Diet, et Sup. 



Grey Plover, Bewick's Br. Birds. 



A winter visitant, and not uncommon upon the slake or ooze which separates Holy Is- 

 land from the mainland. 



