. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology, an outline of the structure and classification of birds, and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . Fio. 538. —Bill of Oyster-catcher, nat. size. (Ad. nat. del. E. C.) 788 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — LIMICOL^E- H. ostrilegus. (Gr. oa-rptov. ostreon, Lat. ostrcea, an oyster; Xfytip, le
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology, an outline of the structure and classification of birds, and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . Fio. 538. —Bill of Oyster-catcher, nat. size. (Ad. nat. del. E. C.) 788 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — LIMICOL^E- H. ostrilegus. (Gr. oa-rptov. ostreon, Lat. ostrcea, an oyster; Xfytip, lerjein, Lnt. legere, togather, pick out. Fig. 539.) European Oyster-catcher (oyster-opener would be a bet-ter name, as oysters do not run fast. The word has not been traced back of Catesby, 1731,but has equivalents in several other languages, as French huitrier, Brisson, 1760, literally ;,\.. C WtNl^ Fig. 539. —European Oyster-catcher, \ nat. size. (From Brelim.) oysterer, German austermann or misternfischer, Frisian oestemsscJier, etc. The Linni«anform of the speciiic name ostralegus is used by most authors, including so scholarly a writer asProfessor Newton ; but os^?i7e<7i«s is classic). Sea Pie. Olive (for Olave). Similar to thenext to be described. Upper parts glossy-black, like head and neck. Quills black, broadlymargined with white on inner webs excepting toward end, also with isolated white shafts andspaces near end. Back below interscapulars, rump, greater wing-coverts, and upper tail-coverts entirely white, as well as bases of tail-feathers. Length about ; bill about ;wing ; tail ; tarsus Europe, Asia, Africa; N. Am. as occurring inGreenland. H. palliatus. (Lat. p«Hmi«s, wearing thepaZK«m, a cloak.) American Oystee-catcher. Brown-backed Oyster-catcher. Adult $ 9: Bill ver-milion or coral-red, changing
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