72. Miscellaneous Circular 13, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
blackheart, brant-bird, brant snipe, calico-back, calico plover, heart-bird, horse-foot 
snipe, jinny, maggot snipe, sea-quail, streaked-backed plover; N. C., calico-back, 
king-crab bird, maggot-eater; N. S., chicken-plover, plover; Ont., redshank, Que., 
caraguet plover; R. J., brant-bird, calico-bird, horse-foot snipe, rock-plover; Ter., 
oyster-bird; Va., calico-back, chicken-bird, maggot-eater; Wash., calico-back, rock 
snipe. 
3 BOOK NAMES. 
American turnstone, beach-robin, chickling, Hebridal sandpiper, sand-runner, 
sea dotterel, tourne-pierre (turnstone), tourne-pierre 4 poitrine noire (black-breasted 
turnstone), whale-bird. 
284. Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala). 
Range.—Pacific coast of North America. Breedsfrom Kotzebue Sound south to valley of Lower Yukon: 
winters from British Columbia south to Santa Margarita Island, Lower California; casual north to Point 
Barrow, Alaska, and to northeastern Siberia; accidentalin India. 
FIG. 52.—Common Turnstone. 
Vernacular names.—Black rock-snipe (Oreg.); black snipe (Calif.); rock-plover 
(B. C.); rock snipe (B. C., Wash.). 
Book names.—Black-headed turnstone, tourne-pierre 4 téte noire (black-headed 
turnstone). 
Famity HAEMATOPODIDAE: OYSTER-CATCHERS. 
285. European Oyster-catcher (Haematopus ostralegus). 
Range.—Europe, Africa, and Asia. Breeds from the Arctic Circle to the coasts of Eurone, the Black 
Sea, and Turkestan: winters southward to the coasts of central Africa and India; occasionalin Greenland. 
Names.—In -Great Britain this bird is called, among other names, oyster-plover, 
pied oyster-catcher, and sea-pie; and in France, huitrier (oysterer), and pie de mer 
(sea-pie). 
286. American Oyster-catcher (Haematopus palliatus). 
Range.—Two subspecies are recognized in our territory, their ranges being as follows: 
Common Oyster-catcher (Haematopus palligtus palliatus)—Coasts of North and South America © 
from Texas, Louisiana, and Virginia (fermerly New Jcrscy) scuth on bcth ccasts cf Mexico to the 
West Indies, southern Brazil, and central Chile; casual north to New Brunswick. Breeds probably 
throughout its regular range. 
Frazar Oyster-catcher (Haematopus palliatus frazari)—Both coasts of Lower California, rarely 
north to Ventura County, California; casual on the coast cf northwestern Mexico. 
Vernacular names.—Both the vernacular and the book names following apply to 
the common oyster-catcher: Clam-bird (N. C.); oyster-bird (Fla., S. C.); oyster- 
catcher (Miss.); pill-willet (Tex.); redbill snipe (Miss.); sea-crow (Va.). 
Book names.—Black snipe, brown-backed oyster-catcher, huitrier (oysterer), 
huitrier 4 ventre blanc (white-bellied oysterer), mantled oyster-catcher, pie de mer 
(sea-pie), pied oyster-catcher. 
