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THE BIKDS OF AUSTRALIA 



Nest a depression in the sand; the two eggs are light 

 greyish-stone in colour, with numerous markings of dark-brown 

 fairly distributed ; the measurements are about 2.38 x 1.56 inch. 



Pied Oyster-catcher : Haematopus longirostris. 



Meyer. 



The Black Oyster-catcher. 



H. fuliginosus. 

 Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. 

 All black. Total length 18 inches, culmen 3.3, wing 11.5, tail 4.4, 



tarsus 2.1. 



Black Oystor-catcher: 



Toy. "Erebus'^ 

 Haematopus fuliginosus. 



and "Terror.^' 



