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G e n u s LXXI. O I S T E R - C A T C H E R .
N” 1. Pied Oifter-catcher.
BI L L long, comprefled, cuneated at the end.
Noftrils linear.
Tongue fcarce a third of the length of the bill.
Toes three in number, all placed forwards; the exterior
o ined to the middle by a ftrong membrane.
Hsematopus oftralegus, LinSyJl. i. p. 257.-1.— Faun, Suec. 192.— Bran.
189.— Muller, p, 27. N° 215.
Scolopax Pica, Scop. Ann. i. N° 135.
L ’Hutfier, Brif.Orn. V. p. 38. pi. 3. fig. 2,— Buf. Oif. viii. p. 119. pi. 9.
—-PI. Enl. 929.
Sea-pie, Rail Syn. p. 105. 7— Will. Orn. p. 297.— Albin, i. pi. 78.
Pied Oifter-catcher, Br. Zool. p. 213.— Cat if. Car. i. pi. 85.— Ar3. Zeal.
N° 406. .
Br. Muf. Lev. Muf.
C I Z E of a Crow: length fixteen inches and a quarter : weight
feventeen ounces. Bill above three inches in length ; ftrait,
comprefled on the fides, and in old birds blunt at the end ; the
colour of it and the eye-lids orange : irides a glowing crimfon :
the head and neck are black, except a fmall fpot of white under
the eye-lid, and a crefcent of the fame acrofs the throat: the
lefler wing coverts, fcapulars, and upper part of the back, are
black: the middle coverts the fame, tipped with white : the
greater white: the quills are black, marked more or lefs with
F f 2 white
•t-PlED OISTER-
CATCHER.
Pc. LXXXIV.
Description.