. The birds of Canada : with descriptions of their habits, food, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure . ashy ; bill and legs, , eleven and a-half inches. Family H/EMATOPODID/E. THEO YSTER-CA TCHERS. Hceniatopus palliatus.—The Oyster-catcher. This species is a rare visitor in Canada. Head,neck, upper part of breast, quill feathers, andlatter half of tail feathers, deep shining black. Birds of Canada. 79 and the rest of the plumage is pure white ; bill,three inches long, and flattened sideways. H. nigcy.—Backmans general color of this bird is dark brown ;hea
. The birds of Canada : with descriptions of their habits, food, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure . ashy ; bill and legs, , eleven and a-half inches. Family H/EMATOPODID/E. THEO YSTER-CA TCHERS. Hceniatopus palliatus.—The Oyster-catcher. This species is a rare visitor in Canada. Head,neck, upper part of breast, quill feathers, andlatter half of tail feathers, deep shining black. Birds of Canada. 79 and the rest of the plumage is pure white ; bill,three inches long, and flattened sideways. H. nigcy.—Backmans general color of this bird is dark brown ;head and breast, brownish black. It is occasionallyshot, in the fall, on the island opposite Toronto. Strepsilas interprcs.—The Turnstone breeds in Manitoba. VisitsCanada in small numbers in the spring and , black, rufous, and white above ; abdomen,white; head and neck, marked with stripes ofbrownish-black. vS. inelanoccphala.—The Black species is an accidental visitor. Color,darker than the preceding. Length, eleven inches. Family RECURVIROSTRID^. THEA AMERICAN AVOSET. Recnrvirostra avicricana.—The American Avoset is quite accidental in Canada. On 8o Birds of Canada. the shores of the Caspian and the salt lakes ofTartary they are very abundant. Specimenshave been shot late in the fall on the island,opposite Toronto. Length, seventeen inches;the head and neck, pale reddish brown ; backand quills, black ; other parts, white. The bill,which is three inches long, turns up like a hook,and is flat, thin, and sharp. Family PHALAROPODID^. THEPHALAROPES. PJialaropiis Jiyperborcus.—The NorthernPhalarope. The Northern Phalarope is an occasional springand fall visitor in Canada. Breeds in Manitoba ;nests, on the ground ; eggs, four in number, of abrownish drab color. This beautiful little birdis a swimmer as well as a wader : its motions,while swimming and wading, are exceedinglygraceful and interesting. The migrations of
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