. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 606 SYST^:^[A tic synopsis. — limicola::.. 39. Family H^MATOPODID-^:: Oyster-catchers. Turnstones. A small family of two gcnerii uiul six or ci^lit 8|M'ci*'M, with (in* l>iil hard, ami citlicr acute or triiiicati', the iiaMal foHMi* slmrt, bmud, uud mIiu11(i\v ; the li-^s Nliort, stunt, brigiitly-ciiliu't'il. Tin- two following
. Key to North American birds [microform] : 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. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 606 SYST^:^[A tic synopsis. — limicola::.. 39. Family H^MATOPODID-^:: Oyster-catchers. Turnstones. A small family of two gcnerii uiul six or ci^lit 8|M'ci*'M, with (in* l>iil hard, ami citlicr acute or triiiicati', the iiaMal foHMi* slmrt, bmud, uud mIiu11(i\v ; the li-^s Nliort, stunt, brigiitly-ciiliu't'il. Tin- two following gciii'ra ilitfor iiiiich — in fuct, iiioro tlmii Ajihruu jIck-n from Slrfjisilns : it in uiincccMMary to give ii formal uiiulyMiH. Kach itlioulJ W ty|>v of u nubfuitiily at li-aMt. 56. Subfamily H^MATOPODINiC: Oyster-catchers. 222. H^KM-VTOPI'S, (dr. ulfuiTotroit, lidimatitjHius, Tvi\-(iH>U'A; atfta, hdima, \t\in«\, novs, poits, foot.) OYsTKK-t'.VTciiKiiN. No liiiitl tot'. Front to«'8 witli busal wt'liltiiiir, i'oii!<|ii«-iiouH between miiltllc uud outer, uud broadly fringed with ineinbrikne with tlie welw to the enilx. TarxMK longer than middle toe and elaw, retieiilate, the platen iu front enlarged ; Hliorler than bill. Tihiu- l»rietly hare below. Legs as u whole very stout, eoarsi? and ruin;h, and liyht- eohired. Wintfs ing and |)oinled ; 1st and 2<l (juills snh- ei|ual and longest, 'fail short, Fin. 41.'0. — lilll of Oyatvr-catclier, nut. lUo. ;AiI nat. ilvl. K. C.) s(iuar4', seareelv or not half as long as the wing. Hill peeuliar — longer than tarsus, twiee as hmg as head, eonstrieted near the , mneh eompressed, almost like a knife-hlade toward end, ami truncate, something like a Woodpecker's (it is an etticient intitrinneni tor prying open the shells of bivalve mol- bisks), hard, straight or deflected sideways, highly i-olored (tig. I2ffU». (!.,at. ostrmi, an oyster; lerfo, I gather. Fi^. 121.) Ki'KoI' Oystkk- CATCIIKK (oyst
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