Front:
OYSTER-CATCHER OR SEA-PIE.
Maude Scrivewer.
Oileite
Back:
"BRITISH SEA-BIRDS."
Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE" [Regd.] Postcard 9231.
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN.
ORO
POSTKARTE.
By Appointment.
The Oyster Catcher is one of the most retiring of the
Plover tribe and very difficult to approach. Shell-fish
form a large part of its diet, for the opening of which its
hard, chisel-tipped bill is well adapted. From its black
and white plumage it is also called the Sea-pie.
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