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American Oyster-catcher
Haematopus palliates, Temm. [now Haematopus palliatus]
Octavo edition, plate 324
ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂShy, vigilant, and ever on the alert, the Oyster-catcher walks with a certain appearance of dignity, greatly enhanced by its handsome plumage and remarkable bill.ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ
John James Audubon,ÃÂÃÂ Birds of AmericaÃÂÃÂ (New York: J.J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J. B. Chevalier, 1840-1844), vol. 5, p. 237.
View bird inÃÂÃÂ National Audubon Society Guide for North American Birds.