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C O .A I M O N O Y S T E II C A T C 1 1 E R . 
(Haematopiis Ostralegus.) 
H M.niger, corpore subtus Jciscia gulari et alarum uropygio cau- 
ddque basi albis. 
Black Oystercatcher, with the body beneath, a fascia on the 
throat and wings, the rump, and base of the tail, white. 
Heematopus Ostralegus. Linn. SysL Nat. 1. 257 . — Linn. Faun. 
Suec. 192 — Gmel. Syst.Nat. 1. 694 . — Raii. Syn. 105. a. 7- — 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 752. 1. — Leach. Cat. Brit. JShis. p. 28. 
Ostralega, seuPica Maritima. Briss. Orn. 5. 38. 3. 2. 
L’Huitrier. Buff. Ois, 8. llQ.pl. Q. — Buff. FI. Enl. Q2Q. 
Huitrier. Temm. Man. d’Orni. 340. 
Sea Pie, Pied Oystercatcher. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 213. pi. 7 A. 
— Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 406. — JFilL Ang. 2Q7 . — Alb. l.pl. 78 . 
— Catesb. Carol. 1. pi. Q5.’^Hayes.. Brit. Birds, pi. 12. — 
Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 2lQ.pl. 84. — Lero.Brit. Birds. 5. pi. 188. — 
— Wale. Syn. 2. pi. I 66 . — Don. Brit. Birds. 3. pi. 62. — Pult. 
Cat. Dors. p. 15. — Bevo. Brit. Birds. 2. 7- — Mont. Orn. Diet. 
2. — Mont. Orn. Diet. Sup. — LoU). Fatm. Oread, qi. Ql. — Wills. 
Arner. Orn. 8. 15. pi. Ixiv.y! 2. 
This species has the liead, neck, upper part of 
the breast, back, wings, and tip of the tail, of a 
deep black : the rump, base of the tail and of the 
quills, a transverse stripe on the wings, and the 
whole of the under parts of the body, of a pure 
white : the beak and circle round the eyes of a 
bright orange : the irides crimson : the feet fine 
red : the female similar. The young have the 
plumage shaded and bordered with brown in those 
parts that are black in the adult : the white is of a 
dirty hue : the beak and circle round the eyes are 
