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NAME - American Oystereatcher A.0.U.N0.286 

 (Haematopus palliatus) 



DATE- June 26, 1936 NO. IN CLUTCH - 2 

 INCUBATION - 2/3 



SIZES - 2.15 x 1.^9 2.14 x 1.52 



SITUATION - This rather unusual and soli- 

 tary bird was spotted by mew^ll above high 

 tide level on the northern end of Parramore 

 Island where I had noticed many terns and 

 Black Skimmers. As I watched it moved to one 

 end of a small sand dune and, settled down on 

 what proved to be its nest. The la tte^ con- 

 tained no nesting materials of any kind nor 

 were there any other nests that I could find 

 in that whole section of beach. 



The two buff colored eggs were 

 irregularly spotted and blotched with light 

 and dark brown. The female flew a few' hundred 

 feet down near the waters edge and made no 

 attempt to return to her nest until. I had 

 walked quite a distance down the beach away 

 from her and the nest. 



Near Wachapraegue , Va. 



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