1. The Avocct, with its wonderful upturned beak, sifts the mud for 

 small Crustacea and worms. These lovely birds lend charm to 

 the beaches and muddy banks which are their favourite haunts. 



2 The Greenshanks live in perpetual summer. On the approach of 

 winter in Europe they journey to South Africa, sojourn here 

 awhile, and return. Meantime they carry out their mission in 

 life by preying on aquatic life which swarms in the mud of the 

 lagoons, marshes, and edges of rivers. 



