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SEA PIE. 



Ciafs IL 



Genus V. PLOVERS, 



I. The SEA PIE. 



La Pie, BecaSe de Mer. Belon 



av. 203. 

 Haematopus. Gefner dv. 548. 

 Jldr.av. iii. 176. 

 Wil orn. 297. 

 Rati fyn. av. 1 05. 

 L'Hucrier, Pie de mer. Brijprn 



cm. v. 38. tab. $. fig- I. 

 The Oyfter Catcher. C^?. Ga«/. 



i. 85. 

 Hoematopus oftralegus. Lm.fyfl. 



257- 



Marfpitt, Strandfkjura. JWi 

 Suec.fp. 192. 



Pica marina. GnV o/«/?. 62. 



N. Com, Petr. iv. 425. 



Tirma, or Trilichan. Martin's 

 <voy. St. Kilda. 35. 



IJlandh mas Tialldur, fcemina 

 Tilldra. Fercenjibus Kielder. 

 Norvegis Tield v. Kield, Glib, 

 Strand-Skiure. Dams Strand^ 

 Skade. Brunnkb. 189. 



Br. Zool. 127. 



SE A Pies are very com mon on moft of our ccafis ; 

 feeding on marine infects, limpets, &c. Their 

 bills, which are compreffed fideways, and end ob- 

 tufely, are very fie inftruments to infinuate between 

 the limpet and the rock thofe (hells adhere to ; which 

 they do with great dexterity to get at the fifh. On 

 the coaft of France, where the tides recede fo far as to 

 leave the beds of oyfters bare, theie birds feed on 

 them *, forcing the (hells open with their bills. They 

 keep in fummer time in pairs, laying their eggs ort 

 the bare ground: they lay four of a whitifh brown 

 hue, thinly fpotted and flriped with black : when any 

 one approaches their young, they make a loud and 

 fhrill noife. In winter they ademble in vail flecks, 

 and sre very wild. 



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