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  lateral 
  membrane, 
  and 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  outer 
  webbed 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  no 
  hallux 
  ; 
  

   plumage 
  pied, 
  commonly 
  in 
  large 
  dark 
  and 
  white 
  areas 
  ; 
  bill 
  and 
  feet 
  bright 
  

   colored; 
  habitat 
  maritime; 
  food 
  largely 
  mollusks 
  which 
  they 
  open 
  or 
  dis- 
  

   lodge 
  with 
  their 
  wonderfully 
  constructed 
  beaks. 
  

  

  ■^&^ 
  

  

  Haematopus 
  palliatus 
  Temminck 
  

   American 
  Oyster-catcher 
  

  

  Haematopus 
  palliatus 
  Temminck. 
  Manuel 
  d'Ornithologie. 
  1820. 
  2 
  : 
  532 
  

  

  DeKav. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  217, 
  fig. 
  183 
  

   A. 
  O, 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  286 
  

  

  haema'topus, 
  Gr. 
  dt/«xT07rovs, 
  red-footed; 
  pallia'tus, 
  Lat., 
  cloaked, 
  or 
  wearing 
  a 
  

  

  pallium 
  

  

  Description. 
  Large; 
  head, 
  neck, 
  upper 
  breast 
  shiny 
  black; 
  back, 
  wing 
  

   coverts, 
  rump, 
  and 
  central 
  tail 
  coverts 
  smoky 
  brown; 
  primaries 
  and 
  terminal 
  

   portion 
  of 
  tail 
  blackish; 
  

   part 
  of 
  secondaries, 
  lat- 
  

   eral 
  and 
  longer 
  tail 
  co- 
  

   verts, 
  base 
  of 
  tail 
  and 
  

   under 
  parts 
  white; 
  bill, 
  

   eye 
  ring 
  and 
  eyes 
  red; 
  

   feet 
  pale 
  purplish. 
  

  

  Length 
  17-21 
  inches; 
  

   extent 
  30-36; 
  wing 
  9.8- 
  

   10.25; 
  tail 
  4; 
  tarsus 
  2- 
  

   2.5 
  ; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  

   1.75; 
  bill 
  2.9-3.75; 
  depth 
  

   of 
  bill 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  nos- 
  

   tril 
  .5. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  inhabits 
  

   temperate 
  and 
  tropical 
  

   America 
  from 
  New 
  Jer- 
  

   sey 
  and 
  Mexico 
  to 
  Chili 
  

   and 
  Brazil. 
  It 
  rarely 
  

  

  wanders 
  up 
  tne 
  coast 
  to 
  American 
  oyster-catcher. 
  Haematopus 
  palliatus 
  Temminck. 
  From 
  

  

  -r 
  -r 
  1 
  1 
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  1 
  specimen 
  in 
  State 
  Museum. 
  J 
  nat. 
  size. 
  

  

  Long 
  island, 
  Cape 
  Cod 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Maine. 
  In 
  the 
  days 
  of 
  DeKay 
  and 
  Giraud, 
  it 
  was 
  evi- 
  

   dently 
  more 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  coast, 
  as 
  Giraud 
  speaks 
  of 
  obtaining 
  them 
  singly 
  

  

  