AVOCET. 



SCOOPEK. COMMON AVOCET. SCOOPING AVOCET. CROOKED BILL. YELPER. 



COBBLER'S-AWL DUCK. 



PLATE CLXIX. FIG. II. 



Recurvirostra avocetta, FLEMING. SELBT. 



Recurvirostra avosetta, PEJTKAKT. MONTAGTT. 



THE nest of this species is said to be made in a hollow on some 

 dry spot in a marsh, or on the sea bank, just above high-water mark, 

 among the short grass, or other marine vegetation. It is lined with 

 a little of those materials. 



The eggs are described as being usually two, but sometimes three 

 or four in number, brown or greenish white, spotted and speckled 

 with black. The young are hatched in eighteen days, and leave the 

 nest almost immediately. If chased, they hide themselves, with much 

 success, among the scanty cover. 



The figure on the plate is from an egg forwarded by J. R. De 

 Capel Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, Oxford. 



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