. Birds of New York. Birds. BIRDS OF XEW YORK 359 lateral membrane, and the middle and outer webbed at the base; no hallux; plumage pied, commonly in large dark and white areas; bill and feet bright colored; habitat maritime; food largely mollusks which they open or dis- lodge with their wonderfully constructed beaks. Haematopus palliatus Temminck ^4nicrican Oystcr-catchcr Haematopus palliatus Temminck. Manuel d'Ornithologie. 1820. 2: 532 DeKav. Zool. N Y 1844. pt 2, p. 217, fig. 183 A. O 'U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. ^o- 286 haeina'topus, Gr. oll/uitottov^, red-footed; pallid'liis, Lat., cloak
. Birds of New York. Birds. BIRDS OF XEW YORK 359 lateral membrane, and the middle and outer webbed at the base; no hallux; plumage pied, commonly in large dark and white areas; bill and feet bright colored; habitat maritime; food largely mollusks which they open or dis- lodge with their wonderfully constructed beaks. Haematopus palliatus Temminck ^4nicrican Oystcr-catchcr Haematopus palliatus Temminck. Manuel d'Ornithologie. 1820. 2: 532 DeKav. Zool. N Y 1844. pt 2, p. 217, fig. 183 A. O 'U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. ^o- 286 haeina'topus, Gr. oll/uitottov^, red-footed; pallid'liis, Lat., cloaked, or wearing a pallium Description. Large; Jiead, neck, tipper breast shiny black; back, wing coverts, riunp, and central tail coverts smoky brown; primaries and terminal portion of tail blackish; part of secondaries, lat- eral and longer tail co- verts, base of tail and under parts white; bill, eye ring and e3'es red; feet pale purplish. Length 17-21 inches; extent 30-36; wing ; tail 4; tarsus 2- ; middle toe and claw ; bill ; depth of bill in front of nos- tril .5. This species inhabits temperate and tropical America from New Jer- sey and Mexico to Chili and Brazil. It rarely wanders up the coast to Long Island, Cape Cod and the coast of Maine. In the days of DeKay and Giraud, it was evi- dently more common on the coast, as Giraud speaks of obtaining them singly. .-Vmerican oyster-catcher. Haema topus palliat us Temminck. From specimen in State Museum. } nat. 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 Eaton, Elon Howard, 1866-1934. Albany, University of the State of New York
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