. A general history of birds . 1. Robert, pl. Pica, Scop. i. No. marina, JV. C. P«7r. iv. 425. Ostralega, sen Pica marina, Bris. v. 38. t. 3. f. 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 221. Klein, p. , £«/. viii. 119. pl. 9. Pl. enl. Meerelster, Bechst. Deutsch. iii. , Wirs. Vog. t. 36. Austerfischer, Naturf. xiii. 219. Schmid, p. 110. t. Oyster-catcher, G<?». Syn. v. 219. pl. 84. LV. Zoo/, ii. 213. pl. 74. 127. pl. D. 2. Id. 1812. ii. p. 112. pl. xix. Arct. Zoo/, ii. p. 406. Will. Engl. 297. Alb. i. pl. 7S. Cat. Car. i. pl. 85. Hayes, pl. 12.
. A general history of birds . 1. Robert, pl. Pica, Scop. i. No. marina, JV. C. P«7r. iv. 425. Ostralega, sen Pica marina, Bris. v. 38. t. 3. f. 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 221. Klein, p. , £«/. viii. 119. pl. 9. Pl. enl. Meerelster, Bechst. Deutsch. iii. , Wirs. Vog. t. 36. Austerfischer, Naturf. xiii. 219. Schmid, p. 110. t. Oyster-catcher, G<?». Syn. v. 219. pl. 84. LV. Zoo/, ii. 213. pl. 74. 127. pl. D. 2. Id. 1812. ii. p. 112. pl. xix. Arct. Zoo/, ii. p. 406. Will. Engl. 297. Alb. i. pl. 7S. Cat. Car. i. pl. 85. Hayes, pl. 12. Z?«c. ii. pl. p. 7. Leti-in, v. pl. 1S8. /</. pl. xxxv. 1.—the egg. /Fa/c. ii. pl. 166. Donov. iii. pl. 62. Pult. Dors. p. 15. Craves, Orn. Orn. Diet, ty Supp. SIZE of a Crow ; length sixteen inches; weight seventeenounces. Bill above three inches long, straight, compressed on thesides, and in old birds blunt at the end ; the colour of it and theeyelids orange ; irides glowing crimson ; the head and neck are >s/tiu (.Ctsjfc^ OYSTER-CATCHER. 357 black, except a small spot of white under the eyelid, and a crescentof the same across the throat; wing-coverts, scapulars, and upperpart of the back black; the middle coverts tipped with white; thegreater white ; quills black, more or less marked with white within ;lower part of the back, rump, breast, and under parts, white; tailwhite half way from the base, the end half black ; legs dirty red,claws black : in some the end half of the bill is black, and in othersthe white under the eyelid and chin, are both wanting; the chin alsois sometimes white, mottled with black; how far these varieties arisefrom age or sex, is not clear, but both sexes have been killed, occa-sionally, without any white on the throat. This is a common bird in England ; seen in greater numbers onthe western shores, feeding on shell fish, and in particular oysters*and limpets ; insinuating their bills into the first gaping oyster th
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