HÆMATOPUS, the SEA-PYE, in ornithology, a genus belonging to the order of grallæ. The beak is compressed, with an equal wedge-shaped point; the nostrils are linear; and the feet have three toes without
nails. There is but one species, viz. the altralepus, a native of Europe and America. It feeds upon shell-fish near the sea-shore. Hæmato-
xyllum
Hag.