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GRALLA TORES. 



SCOLOPACID^E. 



SCOLOPACWM. 



THE AVOCET. 



Recurmrostra avocetta. 



Recurmrostra avosetta, The Avoset, 



avocetta Scooping, 



T7ie 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. 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. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 201. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. iv. 



Avocette a nuque noir, TEMM. Man. d'Oraith. vol. ii. p. 590. 



RECUR vi ROSTRA. Generic Characters. Beak very long, slender, weak, de- 

 pressed throughout its whole length, flexible, pointed and curving upwards; the 

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

 the side. Nostrils on the upper surface of the beak, near its base, linear, long. 



