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OYSTER-CATCHER. 
PIED OYSTER-CATCHER. SEA PIE. OLIYE. 
Hanrnatopus ostralegus , 
“ belonii , 
Pennant. Montagu. 
Willughby. 
Hcematopus. ( HJaima — Blood. 
Ostrcea — An oyster. 
Lous —A foot. 
Ostralegus . 
Lego — To collect. 
This fine and handsome bird is well known on the coast 
in many parts of England and Ireland, from the Scilly Islands' 
to the extreme north. In Europe, its range extends from the 
southern countries—Holland, France, and Spain, to Denmark, 
Sweden, Norway, Russia, Siberia, Kamtschatka, the Ferroe 
Isles, and Iceland. In Asia, it is described as occurring in 
Japan, and in Africa, as far as Senegal, and in America, also 
from Hudson’s Bay to the Bermudas. 
In Yorkshire, Mr. Allis reports, on the authority of Mr. 
Eddison, that it is, though rarely, met with near Huddersfield, 
and that two were obtained on Slaithwaite and Marsden Moors, 
in winter, near the reservoirs. In other parts of the kingdom 
too it has occurred inland. Four are recorded to have been met 
with at Godaiming, in Surrey, and one also at Oatlands by 
the Thames, fifty miles from the sea. James Harley, Esq. 
gives it as occasionally occurring on the banks of the Trent, 
and mentions a pair killed at Melbourne Pool, on the borders 
of Leicestershire, in January, 1838., They seem to be the 
most numerous on the Lincolnshire coast, near Skegness, and 
other parts. On the Norfolk coast it is common throughout 
the year, breeding there, as it also does in the Fern Islands, 
on the coast of Northumberland, and in Scotland, in Suther- 
landshire, and elsewhere. It has been known to breed several 
miles inland, as much as twenty-five, or thirty, or more, 
, namely, on the banks of the Don, in Scotland, and up as high 
