378 



CHABADEIID^ 



HaiMATOPUS 



Anderson's B. Damaral. p. 277 (1872) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xxiv, 



p. 119 (1896) ; Beichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 141 (1900) ; Oates, Cat. B. 



Eggs, pp. 7, 344 (1902). 

 Haematopus capensis, Sharpe, ed. Laijard's B. S. Afr. p. 672 (1884) • 



Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 193 (1896). 

 Haematopus unicolor capensis, Seebohm, Georjr. Distr. Chardr. p. 309 



(1888). 

 " Toby " of the fishermen of Saldanha Bay. 



Fig. 121. — Left foot of Hcematopiis moqtiini. x |1. 



Description. Adult Male. — Black throughout, above and below ; 

 nasal groove on the bill only extending just beyond the line of the 

 gonys of the mandible. 



Iris red ; eyelids orange ; bill vermilion -red ; legs and feet pinky- 

 red. 



Length 21-5 ; wing 10-5 ; tail 4-5 ; tarsus 24 ; culmen 2'8. 



A female is a little smaller than the male ; wing 10-0 ; tar- 

 sus 2-0. 



