. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. Birds; Reptiles. OYSTER-CATCHERS. 375 They assemble in considerable flocks for the purpose of migration —if this term may be held applicable to the short journeys which they annually undertake. They ought rather to be called pleasant. Fig. 147.—Oyster-catcher (HceTruitopus ostralegu^, Linn.). little jaunts—inspections, as it were, of their domains ; something Kke the circuit of his department made by a prefect, or the pro- gress of a sovereign through his country
. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. Birds; Reptiles. OYSTER-CATCHERS. 375 They assemble in considerable flocks for the purpose of migration —if this term may be held applicable to the short journeys which they annually undertake. They ought rather to be called pleasant. Fig. 147.—Oyster-catcher (HceTruitopus ostralegu^, Linn.). little jaunts—inspections, as it were, of their domains ; something Kke the circuit of his department made by a prefect, or the pro- gress of a sovereign through his country. There are three or four species of the Oyster-catcher, only one. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894; Gillmore, Parker, ed. Springfield, Mass. , W. J. Holland
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