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     283. Arenaria lnterpres (Lil/11.). TrimsroNE; BRANT 131m); 
     
     CALIco-BACK. All. in. sumnnr.- rl‘pper parts, including wings, strikingly 
     
     variegated with rul'ous, black, and white; tail white at the base, a black band 
     
     near its end, and tipped with white; throat and breast black and white; belly 
     
     white. ll'intirr [Mull/(Wm—‘L.pper parts blackish, bordered with brownish 
     
     gray or ashy; low-r back white ; longer upper tail-em’erts white, shorter ones 
     
     black; tail as in the adult; throat white, breast black margined with white, 
     
     belly white. I... aim; W.. li'l)”: Tait. a"): 15., 1-0:). 
     
    

    
     [flange—Nearly cosmopolitan ; breeds in the arctic regions, and in Amer— 
     
     ica migrates southward to Patagonia. 
     
    

    
     Washington, rare and irregular T. V. Long Island. common T. V. May; 
     
     Allf". and Sept. Sing Sing, A. Y. 
     
    

    
     ‘ 18, three to four. elayucolor, blotched and scrawled with grayish brown, 
     
     1‘0) x 1'15. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     This strictly maritime species is found singly or in small flocks, 
     
     generally on the outer beaches, where it obtains its food by turning 
     
     over shells and pebbles in search of insects, crustaceans, etc. 
     
    
   
   
    
     FAMILY Hz’EMATOPODIszE. OYSTER-CATCHERS. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Oyster-catchers number ten species, represented in most of the 
     
     warmer parts of the globe. But three species are found in North 
     
     America, and only one of these occurs in the. Eastern States. They are 
     
     strictly maritime birds, and resort to the outer bars and beaches in 
     
     search of clams, mussels, etc, exposed by the tide. Their strong bill 
     
     is used as an oyster-knife to force open the shells of these bivalves. 
     
    
   
   
    
     286. meatopus palliatus 73mm. Ainzmmw ()YSTER-(‘ATCHEK 
     
     AIL—Head, neck, and upper breast glossy black, back and winc—eovcrts olive- 
     
     brown, seeondarie~ white, primaries t'uscous. upper tail-coverts white. base of 
     
     the tail white, end t‘useous. lower breast and belly white. [In—Similar, but 
     
     head and neck blackish and upper parts more or less margined with bufly. 
     
     L., 19‘00; “7., 10TH; T2112. 2‘40; R, 3'40. 
     
    

    
     [tango—Seacoasts of temperate and tropical America, from New Jersey 
     
     and Lower (,‘alit'ornia to Patagonia; occasional or accidental on the Atlantic 
     
     coast north to Mama-liusetts and Grand Menan. 
     
    

    
     Long Island. A. V. 
     
    

    
     Egg/s, three to four. bufi'y white or creamy bull”. rather evenly spotted and 
     
     blotched with eho‘olate. 2'20 x 1‘55. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A not uncommon species from southern New Jersey southward; 
     
     confined exclusirely to the coast. It agrees in habits with other mem- 
     
     bers of this smal. family. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The, EUROPEAN ()\’STER»(Y,\TCHER (385. [Immutopus ostralegus) is of acci— 
     
     dental occurrence In Greenland. 
     
    
   
   
    
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