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Breeds. — Ireland (very rare), Scottish Islands, Iceland, Faroes, 

 Scandinavia, Russia south to Perm ; also N. Asia and N. America. 

 Occurs on passat^e throu^diout Europe. Winters in Mediterranean 

 Countries, S. Asia and C. and S. America ; more often found inland 

 than Grey Phalarope. 



HiMANTOPUS. 

 \\\\\ Straight ; legs very long ; outer and middle toes united 

 at i)ase by membrane, inner and middle very slightly; no 

 hind toe; gregarious; 4 eggs, in depression on dry mud or 

 on herbage in swamps, are like Avocets'. 



Himantopus himantopvis liimantopus (L.). Black- 

 winc.et:) Stii.t. Fr. Ikhasse blanche ; Gcr. Stelzenlaufer ; Ital. 

 Cavalier d'ltalia. 



^ Back, scapulars and wings dark greenish black, tail pale 

 grey, rest of plumage white. Bill black. Legs and feet pink. 

 Irides carmine. Wing 230-250. Tarsus 120-141. Naked part of 

 tibia 80-95. Bill 61-70. $ back and scapulars brown. Wing 

 218-236. Tarsus 109-116. Young: crown and hind neck grey, 

 upper parts brown with rusty margins, secondaries and inner 

 primaries with white tips. 



Breeds. — S. France, Portugal and Spain, Sicily, Dalmatia, 

 Rumania, Turkey, Hungary, and S. Russia ; exceptionally 

 Holland and Belgium ; also Africa and Asia east to China. 

 Migratory ; winters in Africa and S, Asia. Has occurred fairly 

 often in European Countries outside breeding range, occasional 

 in Ihitish Isles. 



Recurvirostra. 



Bill long, slender, recurved: legs long, feet webbed; 

 inhaljit shores of lagoons and marshy places; grecjarious, 

 especially in winter; legs extended in flight; eggs, 3 or 4, 

 warm stone ochreous spotted and blotched with blackish. 



Recurvirostra avosetta avosetta L. Avockt. Fr. 

 Avocette ; Ger. Siibelschnabel ; Ital. Avocetta ; S^ced. Skarflacka. 



$ 9 Forehead, crown, and neck brownish black ; shoulders, 

 primaries and most of upper tail coverts black, rest of plumage 



