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Typical or Pied Oyster catchers. 



H^MATOPUS OSTRALEGUS. 



EUROPEAN OYSTEBCATCHER. 



ILematopus primarije quartaj quintaeque pogoniis externis macula alba notatis. 



Diagnosis. 



Brehm subdivided the Common Oystercatcher into three species, founded on alleged Variations, 

 differences in the shape of the skull and feet and the number of quills, but modern 

 ornithologists are unable to discover any local races of this species. 



Hcematopus ostralegus, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 152 (1758) ; Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 257 (1766). Synonymy. 



Ostralega ostralega, Brisson, Orn. v. p. 38 (1760). 



Scolopax pica, Scopoli, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. p. 95 (1769). 



Ostralega pica (Scop.), Bonnaterre, Encycl. Meth. i. p. 26 (1790). 



Ilsematopus hypoleuca, Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 129 (1826). 



Ostralega europeea, Lesson, Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 300 (1828). 



Ostralegus vulgaris, Lesson, Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 47. 



Ostralegus hsematopus, Macgillivray, Man. Brit. B. ii. p. 59 (1842). 



Heematopus macrorhynchus, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xiv. p. 548 (1815). 



