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KI.V TO THI: i',n;i OF KAVI i:i;\ NOIMH AMKRH \ 



FAMILY RECURVIROSTRID/E. 



Avocets and Stilts. 



Tarsus over 3.50 inches; bill, curved upward or straight. 



\ \ nrrt. 



Stilt. 



Mead ;ii)(l neck, |):ilc rutViis (^Mill- 

 iner) : white <>r ^]-:iyi<h (winter): 

 It.-ick and tail, white : axillars, white; 

 lielly, whili-; first primary, dark 

 with dark shaft ; liill. curved n|>- 

 w:ird: toes, four. 



/,'. i-nri-irn.i/rii iinn rii;imi. 



American Avocet. 



See No. ]S^. 



