AVOCET. 



GRALLATORES. 



555 

 SCOLOPACID^. 





THE AVOCET. 



Recurvirostra avosetta. The Avoset, 



Penn. Brit. Zoo), vol. ii. p. 143. 

 Mont. Ornith. Diet. 

 Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 124. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 101. 

 Sei.by, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 90. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 201. 

 Goui.D, Birds of Europe, pt. iv. 

 Avocette a nuq^ie noir, Tetmm. Man. d'Ornilli. vol. ii. p. 590. 



avoceita Scooping, 



The 



Recurvirostra. Generic Characters. — Beak very long, slender, weak, de- 

 pressed throughout its whole length, flexible, pointed and curving upwards ; 

 the upper mandible grooved along the upper surface ; under mandible grooved 

 along the side. Nostrils on the upper surface of the beak, near its base, linear, 



