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of the United States . 
mollusca, &c. Male and female remarkably faithful to each 
other. Lay in sand holes or in the grass ; eggs about four. 
Flight very swift. 
Inhabit both continents : composed of but one species. 
222 . Stuepsilas interpres, 111. Throat, rump, and base of 
the tail, white ; bill black ; feet red. 
Adult, varied with black, white and ferruginous; breast 
black ; belly white. 
Young, cinereous-brown varied with white ; breast whitish. 
Turn-stone , Tringa interpres , Wils. Am . Orn. vii. p. 32. 
pi. 57 .fig. \ . adult . 
Inhabits all parts of the world. 
44. HjEMATOPUS. 
Hrematopus , L . Cm. Lath. 111. Cuv. Temm. Vieill . Ranz . 
Ostralega , Briss. 
Bill longer than the head, robust, straight, cuneate, and 
much compressed at tip ; upper mandible flattened above 
to the middle : nostrils basal, lateral, placed in a short fur- 
row, linear, pervious : tongue short, entire : eyelids naked. 
Feet moderate, three-toed ; bare space of the tibia mode- 
rate ; tarsus somewhat longer than the middle toe, robust, re- 
ticulated ; toes short, thick, scutulate, (covered with scales) 
scabrous beneath, colligated, bordered by a rough warty 
edge; outer toes connected at base by a membrane; the 
inner membrane rudimental : nails short, tile-shaped, curved, 
acute. Wings sub-elongated, acute ; first primary longest. 
Tail slightly rounded, of twelve feathers. 
Female similar to the male. Young differing but little 
from the adult, at first covered with grayish down. Moult 
twice in the year, the plumage changing slightly, but con- 
stantly. Color black, or blackish, with more or less of 
white. 
Shy : solitary, or in small parties. Live on sea shores, 
rocks, sandy beaches, &c. Running in and following the 
