WHITE-LEGGED OYSTER-CATCHER. SLENDER-BILLED OYSTER-CATCHER (PLATE

CCCCXXVII) American Black Oystercatcher, "Haematopus bachmani." JW 38 fine, fresh impression, a tear in the upper right corner 21 3/4 by 27 1/4 in.; 553 by 693 mm. Based on a composition probably painted in London in 1838.