Plate CCCCXXVII. Fig. 1. Male.
Bill vermilion, fading to yellow on the worn parts towards the
end; feet white, slightly tinged with flesh-colour; plumage
chocolate-brown, darker and tinged with bluish-grey on the head and
neck; the under surface of the quills lighter.
_Male_, 17-1/2, wing 10; bill 2-3/4.
North-west coast, Regent's Sound, and about the mouth of the Columbia
River. Rather common. Migratory.
Bachman's Oyster-catcher, Hæmatopus Bachmani, Aud. Orn. Biog.
v. v. p. 245.