AVOCET. 



GRALLATORES. 



671 



SCOLOPACID^E. 



THE AVOCET. 



Recurvirostra avocetta. 



Recurvirostra avosetta, The Avoset, 



avocetta, Scooping 



Tlie 



PENN. Brit. Zool. ii. p. 143. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. 



p. 124. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. . 101. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. 



p. 90. 



JEXYXS, Brit. Yert. p. 201. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Avocette a nuque noir, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. 



p. 590. 



RECURVIROSTRA. Generic Characters. Beak very long, slender, weak, 

 depressed throughout its whole length, flexible, pointed, and curving 

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



