. Uova di uccelli del Nord America. X 1.10. Dati. - Kutlik, Alaska, 21 giugno 1898. Nido semplicemente una depressionin la sabbia sulla spiaggia del mare. Collettore, Capt.Tilson. OYSTER-CATCHERS. Famiglia H/tMATOPODID/E. [285]. Oyster-catcher. Hninatopiis ostralcfjus. Questa specie europea è molto simile a quella americana che si verifica in seguito in Groenlandia. 286. Oyster-catcher americano. H^iniatopuspalliatus. Range: Razze sulle coste degli stati dell'Atlantico meridionale e Lower Call- „,-,^ fornia e inverni a sud della Patagonia. Gli Oyster-catchers sono uccelli grandi, lieavy bod-ied, con zampe rosse e lunghe, stout Red Bil

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. North American birds eggs . x 1.10. Data.—Kutlik, Alaska, June 21, 1898. Nest simply a depressionin the sand on the sea beach. Collector, Capt.Tilson. OYSTER-CATCHERS. Family H/tMATOPODID/E. [285]. Oyster-catcher. Hninatopiis ostralcfjus. This European species is very similar to the American one which followscasually occurs in Greenland. 286. American Oyster-catcher. H^iniatopuspalliatus. Range—Breeds on the coast of theSouth Atlantic States and Lower Call- _„, -, ^ fornia and winters south to Patagonia.Oyster-catchers are large, lieavy bod-ied birds, with stocky red legs and long, stout red bills. Tlie present specieshas the whole upper parts and entirehead and neck, blackish; underpartsand ends of secondaries, white; length, 19 inches. They are abundant breed-ing birds on the sandy beaches of theSouth Atlantic States, and casuallywander north t(j Nova Scotia. Theylay their two or three eggs on theground in slight liollows scooped outof the sand. The eggs are of a huffyor brownish buff color, and are irreg- It. North American Birds Eggs. 133 ularly spotted with blackish brown, with suiidued markings of lavender. Sizea.20xl.50. Data. —Sandy Point, S. C, Jlay 12, ]iJ02. Three eggs on the sandjust aliove high water mark; nest a mere depression on a small sand dunelined with pieces of shells. Collector, M. T. Cleckley, M. D. 286.1. Frazar Oyster-catcher. H;i iit-(itiipii-s fraztifi. Range.—Lower California. This species is darker on the backthan the preceding, and the breast ismottled with dusky. It is not anuncommon wader in its somewhatrestricted range. Its nesting habitsare the same as those of the precedingone, but the markings are generallymore sharply defined. The one fig-ured is from a set in the collection ofMr. C. W. Crandall.

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