. Feathered game of the Northeast . rs. All along the eastern shores of the twoAmericas this bird is found, northward to Lab-rador or farther in the summer months, andwintering from the Middle Atlantic States toand beyond the tropics, far down the SouthAmerican coast. It is also found on the Pacificside of the continents, but the more commonspecies there is the Black Oyster Catcher. The Oyster Catchers bill is remarkably stoutand well fitted for its purpose, that is, for driv-ing into sea urchins, knocking wrinklesoff the rocks and burrowing into the sand forrazor fish and small crabs, for he
. Feathered game of the Northeast . rs. All along the eastern shores of the twoAmericas this bird is found, northward to Lab-rador or farther in the summer months, andwintering from the Middle Atlantic States toand beyond the tropics, far down the SouthAmerican coast. It is also found on the Pacificside of the continents, but the more commonspecies there is the Black Oyster Catcher. The Oyster Catchers bill is remarkably stoutand well fitted for its purpose, that is, for driv-ing into sea urchins, knocking wrinklesoff the rocks and burrowing into the sand forrazor fish and small crabs, for he eats any ofthe marine shellfish which he can capture. The bird is large and showy, and as it be-hooves him for his safetys sake, wary in pro-portion as he looms above his shore-bird neigh-bors. Scarcely to be approached at anyseason, few are captured and they are fairlyearned by good and careful work. Decoys andenticing whistlings avail naught, for the birdis either unsocial or aristocratic and well sat-isfied with his own
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