OYSTER CATCHER. 149 



the broad white tips on the greater wing-coverts form a very 

 broad band across the wings ; the beak is orange-yellow ; 

 the eyes crimson-red, and the legs and feet purplish flesh 

 red ; claws dusky. 



The male and female are alike ; the young only differ 

 in substituting the black for dusky, the feathers being edged 

 with a lighter tint, and the parts which are white in the 

 adult are much tinted with sooty grey in the young. 



The egg figured 215 is that of the Oyster Catcher. 



