4S2 



OYSTER CATCHER. Class II, 



XXXIII. 



OYSTER 



CATCHER. 



BILL long, comprefTed, the end cuneated. 

 NOSTRILS linear. 



TONGUE, a third the length of the bill 

 TOES, only three. 



213. Pied. La Pie, BecafTe de mer. Be- 



lon av. 203. 

 Hasmatopus. Gefner a~j. 548. 

 Aldr. art. III. 176. 

 Wil. om. 297. 

 Rail fyn. au. 1 05. 

 L'Hutrier, Pie de mer. Brif- 



fon a*v. V. 38. tab. 3. fg. I. 

 The Oyirer Catcher. Cat. 



Carol. I. 85. Hcematopus 



oftralegus. Lin. fyji. 257. 

 Marfpitt, Strandfkjura, Faun. 



Suec. fp. 192. 



Pica marina. Caii ofufc. 62. 



N. Com. Petr. IV. 425. 



Tirma, or Trilichan. Mar- 

 tin's <voy. St. Kilda. 35. 



IJlandis mas Tiaildur, fcemina 

 Tilldra. Feroenfibus Kiel- 

 der. NorvegisTield v. Kield, 

 Glib, Strand-Skiure. Danis 

 Strand-Skade . Brunnich 9 

 189. 



Br. Z00L 127. 



SEA Pies are very common on mod of our 

 coafts -, feeding on marine infects, oyfters, lim- 

 pets, &c. Their bills, which are compreiTed fide- 

 ways, and end obtufely, are very fit inflruments to 

 infinuate between the limpet and the rock thofe 

 fhells adhere to -, which they do with great dexte- 

 rity to get at the fifh. On the coaft of France^ 

 where the tides recede fo far as to leave the beds of 

 oyfters bare, thefe birds feed on them \ forcing the 

 {hells open with their bills. They keep infummer 

 time in pairs, laying their eggs on the bare ground : 



they 



