BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
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FAM. HAEMATOPODIDAE. 
OYSTER CATCHERS, Etc. 
HsEMA TOP US PALLIATUS. Temm. 
Oyster Catcher. 
Local Name. — Sea Pie. 
Winter Plumage , Male . — Head and neck blackish or very dark 
brown ; back, brown ; lower part of breast and rest of under parts, 
white ; eyelids, rump, tips of wing-coverts, part of secondaries, and 
basal portion of the tail-feathers, white ; bill, orange, darkening at 
the tip (in summer deep red) ; legs, flesh-color. 
Length 17.40, wing 10.05, tail 4-35> tarsus 2.30, bill 3.50. 
The Oyster Catcher is a rather common resident. It may be 
found frequenting the beaches or small sand-bars, which are exposed 
at low tide. It was common on Andros Island in January, and very 
tame. A few were seen at Inagua in June, but I did not succeed 
in finding its eggs. Dr. Bryant, however, states that it is a resident, 
and breeds in the Bahamas. 
