AVOCET. 29 



AVOCET. 



SCOOPER. COMMON AVOCET. SCOOPING AVOCET. 

 i ROOKED BILL. YELPER. COBBLER's-AWL DUCK. 



PLATE CLXIX. FIGURE II. 



Recurvirostra arocetla, FLEMING. SELBY. 



Rectirvirostra arose/in, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



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. 



