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VERTEBRATA, 
THE EUBOPEjIN 0YST£R CATCHER. 
THE TTTRNSTONIi. 
3. intervres,\& nine inches long; black, red, gray, and white above; breast black; beneath white. 
It is a handsome bird, and dis- 
tributed over nearly all parts of 
the world. It visits SoutLcrn 
^ Europe in August, and retires 
4 to the north in May. In our 
■■' Middle States it arrives from 
the south in April and proceeds 
V f^ - north in May. It returns in 
. September, and soon proceeds 
south ; a few winter in the 
Southern States. With onr 
coast gunners it is known by 
the names of Brant-Bird^ Heart- 
Bird^ Beach-Bird, and Horse- 
foot Snipe, the latter given to 
it because it feeds on the eggs 
of the horsefoot, Limulas poly- 
pheimis. The Black Turn- 
stone, 8. mekinocc2)halus, is 
found in Western North Amer- 
ica. 
THE TRUE PLOVERS. 
Genus CHARADEIUS: 
Charadriiis. — This includes the 
Golden Plover of Europe, C. 
pluvialis, which, like the rest of 
the family, is a bird of powerful 
flight,and is consequently widely 
distributed. It is eleven inches 
long; greenish -black above, the 
feathers tinged with golden yel- 
low ; the under surface black ; 
subject, however, to very dis" 
THE GOLDEN PLOVER. ^^^'^^ changcs of plumagc. They 
breed at the North of Europe, and proceed in large flocks to the South in autumn. Many of 
