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mandible ; and both mandibles, nearly half-way along the edges 
(reckoning from their tips), are furnished with a beautiful and 
regular serrature, the points of which stand inward, and are so 
fine as almost to require a magnifying-glass to distinguish them. 
This structure must be of great service to the bird in securing 
its prey. 
5. A. ralloides (Squacco Heron). 
An account has already been laid before the Society by Mr. 
Youell of a beautiful specimen of this rare bird which was taken 
at Ormesby. 
6. A. minuta (Little Bittern). 
We are assured by Mr. Hunt that a Little Dittern was killed 
at Burlingham in the winter of 1819. 
| Genus XLVII. RECURVIROSTRA. 
1. R. Avocetta (Avoset, Shoeing-horn). 
During the breeding season the Avoset used to frequent the 
marshes at Winterton: and in the summer of 1816 we saw one 
there which had young. This bird made several circles round 
us, uttering a shrill note, and then alighted in the middle of a 
pool of water, on which it floated ; then took several turns on 
wing, and again alighted on the water, where it sat motionless. 
The bill of the Avoset is so flexible that it is totally unfit for 
a weapon of offence, and the bird itself has a peculiarly harm- 
less and meek appearance. 
Genus XLVIII. PLATALEA. 
1. P. Leucorodia (Spoonbill). 
This species is occasionally met with near Yarmouth, and 
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