SCOLOPACIN^. 
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wing, tips of secondary coverts, secondary quills except the inner, 
pure white ; as are the lower parts generally, the rump, and basal half 
of the tail ; primaries and terminal part of tail brownish-black. 
Male, I82, 82i, bill 3|. Female^ 21, 36. 
Breeds from Texas along the coast to New York, again from Maine 
to Labrador. Returns south in autumn, spending the winter from 
Maryland to West Florida. Rather common. 
Haematopus palliatus, Temm. Man. d’Orn. v. ii. p. 532. 
Mantled Oyster'catcherj Haematopus palliatus, Nutt. Man. v. il. p. 15. 
American Oyster-catcher, Haematopus palliatus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 181; 
V. V. p. 580. 
326. Haematopus Bachmanii, Aud. Bachman’s Oyster- 
catcher. 
Plate CCCCXXVII. Fig. 1. Male. 
Bill vermilion, fading to yellow on the worn parts towards the end ; 
feet white, slightly tinged with flesh-colour; plumage chocolate-brown, 
darker and tinged with bluish-grey on the head and neck ; the under 
surface of the quills lighter. » 
Male, 172^ wing 10 ; bill 2|, 
North-west coast. Regent’s Sound, and about the mouth of the 
Columbia River. Rather common. Migratory. 
Bachman’s Oyster-catcher, Haematopus Bachmani, Add. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 245. 
327. 3. Haematopus Townsendii, Aud. Townsend’s Oyster- 
catcher. 
Plate CCCCXXVII. Fig. 2. Female. 
Bill vermilion, paler toward the end ; feet blood-red ; plumage cho- 
colate-brown, darker and tinged with bluish-grey on the head, neck, 
and breast ; under surface of quills light brownish-grey, with the shafts 
whitish ; many of the wing-coverts narrowly tipped with brownish- 
white. 
Female, 20 ; wing 11 ; bill 3j^j. 
Coast of California, and along the shores of the North Pacific, south- 
ward and northward. Rather common. Migratory. 
Townsend’s Oyster-catcher, Haematopus Townsendi, Add. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 247. 
FAMILY XXXVI. SCOLOPACIN^. SNIPES. 
Bill longer than the head, subulate, slender, straight, or 
recurved, or decurved ; upper mandible with the nasal 
