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SUBKINGDOM VERTEBEATA. 



Mg. 2U. 



Cfiaradrius virgiiiicus^ Golden Plover. 

 ^ig. 245. 



Scematipus paUiatus, Oyater-catcher. 

 Fig. m. 



worms, etc. The Golden 

 Plover inhabits all the 

 continent of America. 



Hsematopodidae. — 

 Tlie Oyster-catcher of 

 the Atlantic coast has a 

 bill, long, abrupt, and 

 chisel-like, adapted to 

 opening the shells of 

 bivalve mollusks and 

 detaching limpets from 

 the rocks. 

 R e c u r V irostridae. — 

 The Avocet possesses a re- 

 curved, flattened bill, use- 

 ful for scooping up small 

 fish and aquatic insects, as 

 it sweeps the narrow runs, 

 with a movement like that 

 of a mower swinging a 

 scythe. 



Scolopacidse. — The 



Snipes have long, grooved, 



flexible bills, well supplied 



with nerves to the end, 



Fig- 247. 



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I, 'r" 

 ■'-'A ■ V" 

 PhUohila mimr, Woodcock. ; 



Securvirostra amtnocim, AvOcet J. 



