ai4 lilliDS or /M.V.l/.M LAM). 



of each other. It seems to teinl ehieily on inserts; and 

 its tiesh is very palatabU\ 



'Vhc iris is brinvu. 



Mc\isiirenuMits of a male: — 



in. lilt. 



i:nfuv l,Mi-lli '.»•-' 



l,oiiuth of foKloil wiui-- 10 



tavsus 1 i> 



luiaaio to.- I r. 



tail 1 '.» 



bill 1 10 



RECURVIROSTRID^*. 

 368. Recm-virostra avocetta, l.inn. Kuroponn Avo(vt. 



Jururri rostra avocii/tt, lioiiWs lUnls ot" I'uropo, pi. ."iOS. 

 KavanlV (.'at. No. tUT. 

 ,. ,. riiapnian's Tvavolts in S. AtV., App. p. 4l'0. 



Finsrli .»i llavtlaul>"a ^■o!,v.^,l Ost-AlVika's. 



p. ::.,-.. 



This handsome and |HH'nHav bird is oeeasionally fonnd 

 on the sonth->vest ecnist oi' AlViea, and also oecnrs, 

 thoni^h less freiinently, inlaml. In tlu^ Cape Colony, 

 lunvever, T have fonnd the ease, as regards its distribntion, 

 slightly reversed. 



1 mav nuMition as inland localities for this species 

 ()biimbintpu\ nvIu^h^ I have seen it oiue ov twice, and 

 Oiuloiiga, where it was shot by A\i>l. 



* Mr. (!. K. (iray. in liis ' Haml-list of r>ii\ls,' whioli I oito fts tho most 

 niodoin w.nU on oniitholoiiioal svstoniatic nrraugtMuont, inohulos this gnntp 

 a.s n subl'amily o( tho Sc^>lopiicitl<r : but it sooms to luo tliat it may more 

 naturally bo ro^anloil «-•< I'ormiusr « distinct luut iiulcpondrnl tamilx, aiul I 

 lia\o thori"l\>ro so troatid it. — Kl>.] 



