lis 



PIED OYSTER CATCHER. Class II. 



GENUS X. OYSTER CATCHER. 



Bill long, compressed, the end cuneated. 

 Nostrils linear. 



Tongue, a third of the length of the bilL 

 Toes, only three. 



1. Pied. Hsematopus ostralegus. H. 



niger, corpore subtus fascia 



gulari et alarum uropygio 



caudaque basi albis. Lath. 



Ind. orn. 752. id. Syn. v. 



219. tah. 84. 

 La Pie, Becasse de mer. Belon 



av. 203. 

 Haematopus. Gesner av. 548. 

 Aldr. av. ili. I76. 

 Wil. orn. 297- 

 Itaii Syn. av. 105. 

 L'Huitrier, Pie de mer. Bris- 



son av. V. 38. tah. 3. Jig. 1. 



Hist. dots. vii. II9. PL 



Enl. 929. 

 The Oyster Catcher. Cat. Ca- 



rol, i. 85. 

 Haematopus ostralegus. Gm. 



Lin. 694. 

 Marspitt, Strandskj ura. Faun. 



Suec. sp. 192. 

 Pica marina. Caii opusc. 62. 

 N. Com. Petr. iv. 425. 

 Tirma, or Trilichan. Martins 



voy. St. Kilda. 35. 

 Islandis mas Tialldur, fcemina 



Tilldra. Feroensihus Kiel- 



der. NorvegisTitldv .K'leld, 



Glib, Strand-Skiure. Danis 



Strand-Skade. Brmmich, 



I89. 

 Br. Zool. 127. Arct. Zool. ii. 



196- 



oEA Pies are very common on most of our 

 coasts ; feeding on marine insects, oysters, lim- 

 pets, &c. Their bills, which are compressed 

 sideways, and end obtusely, are very fit instru- 

 ments to insinuate between the limpet and the 

 rock those shells adhere to, which they do with 



