162 HiEMATOPUS.— HIMANTOPUS. 



Genus HiEMATOPUS. 



ScBmdtSpus =:mth blood-coloured feet ; from 01/10= blood ; iroCs=a foot. 



Bill straight. Nasal groove extends more than half length of bill. Eemiges 

 twenty-nine. First quill longest. Bony toes. Slightly edged between second and 

 third toes. Third and fourth nearly one-third webbed. No hind toe. Sexes alike. 

 Found in most parts. Several species in America. 



154. Hsematopus ostralegus. The Oystbr-Catcher, Sba-Pib or Olivb. 



OstrSa=stn oyster ; Ugo — \ bring together, collect. 



Darya gajpaon, India; Yerri kali ulanka (Telugu). 



$ 16". $ 17". Legs pink-red. Bill 3 J", orange-yellow. Head, neck, back, 

 wings, and tail black; rest white. Broad wing-band. — FoMwg^ birds less black; 

 feathers pale-edged. Europe generally, wintering in Egypt, C. Asia, and N.W. 

 India. Two to four eggs (2-2 x 1-5), buff, streaked brown. (J. 862. B. 1450.) 

 See illustration, p. 161. 



Also with belly and quill-lining white : — 



B. osculans. 18". Probably intermediate between ff. -ostralegus and H. longirostris. 

 From E. Siberia south to China. 



Also with belly white and quill-lining blackish : — 



H. longirostris. 17". From Australia, New Zealand, Papuan and Moluocan Islands. 



S. leucopus. 16". From Falkland Islands. 



H. palliatus. (J 15J". 9.17". America and W. Indies. 



H.frazari. 17". From California. 



H. galapagenns. 15". From Galapagos Islands. 



H. dumfordi. 16". From Patagonia. 



Also with belly black or blackish : — 



S. unicolor. i 18". 9 17". From Australia and New Zealand. 



S. moquini. 20"- From Africa, Canaries, and Madeira. 



ff. niger. 17i". From N.W. America. 



R. ater. 16". From Falkland Islands. (B.M. Cat., xxiv. 105-121.) 



Genus HIMANTOPUS. 



HimantSpu,s=9. kind of water-bird, in Oppian {dre. A.D. 180); from i/ids=a thong, and 

 iroCs=a foot. 



Bill twice as long as head. Nasal groove extends half-way to tip of bill. 

 Plumage black and white. First quill longest. Remiges twenty-nine. Long 

 thin legs, tarsi reticulated throughout. No hind toe, fourth joined to third by 

 broad web, third to second by narrow web. Found in moat parts of the globe. 

 Breed in north region of N. Africa. Earely if ever swim. When flying have 

 peculiar Tern-like call. 



