. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. SOUTH AMEltlCAN HIRDR. m "Ornithologist and OUIogist" for August, 1887, gives us an Interesting account of a pair of (hesp birds moving their eggs when their uest was discovered. While Mr. Hoxle wnH watching the parents they carried the eggs about on€ hundred yards from the old nest, and deposited them safely in a new nest which he saw the l)lrds pre- pare. The female lifted the eggs between her legs and successfully carried them away. 286. 1. FRAZAR'S OYSTER-CATCHER. Ihrmntopun fr(i:nri
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. SOUTH AMEltlCAN HIRDR. m "Ornithologist and OUIogist" for August, 1887, gives us an Interesting account of a pair of (hesp birds moving their eggs when their uest was discovered. While Mr. Hoxle wnH watching the parents they carried the eggs about on€ hundred yards from the old nest, and deposited them safely in a new nest which he saw the l)lrds pre- pare. The female lifted the eggs between her legs and successfully carried them away. 286. 1. FRAZAR'S OYSTER-CATCHER. Ihrmntopun fr(i:nri Brewst. Qeog. Dist.—lx)wer California (both ooaHtH), north to Los Coronados Islands. Mr. William Brewster has dedicated thiH new species to M. Abbott Prazar, who secured three specimens north of Paz, on the Gulf of California. It was said to be common in the locality and evidently preparing to breed on the sandy islandH and shores of the gulf. It has been seen on Los Corronados IslandH. Saii Quentln Bay, Cerros Island; also at Magdalena Hay, where it was common, and on Santa Margarita Island. Here they mated in .lanuary. They feed upon small bivalves. Mr. Brewster describes this species as differing from fl. palliatiiK In having a stouter, more de- pressed bill, little or no white on the eyelids, the back, scapulars and wing-coverets richer and deeper brown.* I have no description concerning the nesting and eggs of this new species. 287. BLACK OYSTER-CATCHER. Btrmatopm hachmani And. Oeog. Dlst.— Pacific coast of North America from Lower California north to the Aleutian Islands and pcross to the Kurilas. Bachman's Oyster-catcher, as It Is called, Is a characteristic bird of the Pacific coast, being more common to the north than to the south. It is said to be par- tial to rocky coasts and Islands and not always met with on sand beaches. It is common in Alaska, where It is one of the characteristic birds of the sea- shore, and It Is also a summer resident of the entire A
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