567 



HJ1MAT0PUS OSTRALEGI7S. 



(OYSTERCATCHER.) 



Ostralega, Pica marina vulgo dicta, Briss. Orn. v. p. 38 (1760). 

 Haematopus ostraiegus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 257 (1766). 

 Scolopax pica, Scop. Ann. i. Hist. Nat. p. 95 (1769). 

 L'Huitrier, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. viii. p. 119 (1781). 

 Haematopus hypoleuca, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. ii. p. 129 (1811). 

 Ostralega pica (Scop.), Vieill. Encycl. Method, i. p. 26 (1823). 

 Haematopus capensis, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 73 (1823). 

 Ostralega europcea, Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 300 (1828). 

 Haematopus balthicus, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 562 (1831). 

 Haematopus orientalis, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 563 (1831). 

 Ostraiegus haematopus, Macgill. Man. Brit. Orn. ii. p. 59 (1842). 

 Hcematopus macrorhyncluis, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xiv. p. 548 (1845). 

 Haematopus longirostris, Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 406, nee Vieill. 

 Haematopus ostraiegus (L.), Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 166. 

 Haematopus osculans, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 405. 



Gille-Brideun, Gaelic ; Huitrier pie, French ; Ostraceiro, Portuguese ; Beccaccia di mare, 

 Italian ; Aisha-el-behar, Moorish ; Austemfischer, Meerelster, German ; Scholekster, 

 Dutch ; Strandskade, Danish ; Tjaldur, Icelandic ; Kjeld, Norwegian ; Strandskata, 

 Swedish ; Pliiski, Finnish ; Krivok-morskoi, Russian. 



Figurw notabiles. 



DAubenton, PI. Enl. 929 ; Werner, Atlas, Coureurs, pi. 10 ; Kjserb. Orn. Dan. taf. 31 ; 

 Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 43. fig. 9 ; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 181 ; Sundevall, Svensk. 

 Fogl. pi. 36. fig. 5; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 300; id. B. of G. Brit. iv. pi. 44; Schlegel, 

 Vog. Nederl. pi. 219. 



Ad, ptil. ast. capite, collo, dorso, tectricibus alarum minoribus et cauda in parte apicali nigris : uropygio, 

 supracaudalibus, macula parva sub oculis, corpora toto subtus, subalaribus et axillaribus albis : remigi- 

 bus nigris, latere interiore a basi albis : secundariis intimis et tectricibus majoribus albis : cauda ad 

 basin alba : rostro aurantiaco, versus apicem flavido : pedibus rosaceo-carneis : iride rufo-fusca. 



Ad. ptil. Mem. prsecedenti similis sed macula semilunari in gula, alba. 



Juv. adulto similis sed sordidior, macula in gula majore, pedibus pallide carneo-griseisj rostro sordidiore ; iride 

 fusca. 



Adult Male in summer (Bohuslan, Sweden, 11th April). Entire head, neck, and back deep glossy black; a 

 small white spot under the eye; quills black, but the inner web is, except towards the tip, broadly 



