1G2 HIUTISH HIHDS [vol. xv. 



having found bj^ bitter experience the pitfalls of part quota- 

 tion. The notes are arranged in alphabetical order. 



AvocET. — The only reference to this remarkable and 

 striking bird appears to be that on p. 210 {Annals) where 



A Hawfinch. From Walter Charleton's Onomasticon Zoicon. 



Willughby's mistaken opinion that it "to the Gnll kind 

 doth belong " is quoted. The earliest reference of impor- 

 tance as regards this country seems to be that made by 

 Walter Charleton in his Onomasticon Zoicon, the first edition 

 of which appeared in London in 1668. On p. 96 he writes : — 



" Avosetia, Italornm Spimago d'aqua, Recurvirostra, the Scooper 

 (becau.se his long narrow beak, arched upward, resembles the long 



