Avocei. 



Order, Lbnicolae. 

 Family, Recurvirostridae. 



225. AMERICAN AVOCET. Recurvirostra Americana. Sixteen 

 inches long. Very long bill curved upward. Long-legged wader. 

 Head and neck pinkish brown. Wings black and white. A very 

 pretty, refined and delicate bird. 



