310 GREY PHALAROPE. 



AVOCET. 



HIMANTOPUS AVOCETTA. 



Genus HIMANTOPUS. 

 Scooper Yelper Butterflip Crooked-bill. 



A hundred years ago this was a common visitor to 

 the eastern counties of England and bred regularly 

 in the marshes of Norfolk, Suffolk, and the fen districts. 

 Now it can only be regarded as an accidental straggler, 

 no longer breeding with us. 



The plumage is deep black and white, and the feet 

 are webbed. The beak is long, thin and pointed, and 

 turned up slightly at the end. 



COMMON STILT. 



HIMANTOPUS MELANOPTERUS. 

 Genus HIMANTOPUS. 

 Black-winged Stilt. 



An accidental visitor chiefly to the south and east 

 of England. Its favourite haunts are the salt marshes 

 near the coast. 



GREY PHALAROPE. 



PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS. 

 Genus PHALAROPUS. 



An accidental visitor, rare, but occasionally ap- 

 pearing in large numbers. Chiefly observed in the 

 southern counties. 



