33G CHARADRiADJE. 



Rallidae by tlieir habits of swimming, while the CEdic- 

 nerai generally reside in dry and open places, and 

 assimilate with the Psophia?. Most of them are di- 

 stinguished by their cursorial habits. They feed on 

 insects and their larvae, worms, mollusca, &c. 



GENUS CCCLXVI.— H^MATOPUS, Liune. 

 OYSTER-CATCHER. 



Geueric character: vide Steph. v. xi. ^j. 493. 



Hae, uiger. 



H.B. corpore toto nigro ; rostro pedibusque rufis. 



Oyster-catcher with the entire body black ; the beak and legs red. 



Inhabits Australia. The entire body black, with 

 the legs and beak red. 



Hae. longirostris. Vieillot, Eiic. Meth. 



HvE^ corpore nigro; parte injeriore pectoris abdomineque albis; 



rostro pedibusque rufis. 

 Oyster-catcher with the body black ; the lower part of the breast 



and the abdomen white ; the beak and legs red. 



Inhabits New Holland. The body is black, with 

 the exception of the lower part of the breast, the belly, 

 and the hinder parts, which are white : the beak and 

 legs are red, and larger than those of the first species. 



GENUS CCCLXVIL— CALIDRIS, Illiger. SANDERLING. 

 Generic character: vide Steph. v. xi. p. 489. 



GENUS CCCLXVIII.— FALCINELLUS, Cuvier. 

 FALCINELLE. 



Generic character: vide Steph. v. xii. !./>. 40. 



