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mandible ; and both mandibles, nearly half-way along the edges 

 (reckoning from their tips), are furnished with a beautiful and 

 regular serrature, the points of which stand inward, and are so 

 tine as almost to require a magnifying-glass to distinguish them. 

 This structure must be of great service to the bird in securing 

 its prey. 



5. A. ralloides (Squacco Heron). 



An account has already been laid before the Society by Mr. 

 Youell of a beautiful specimen of this rare bird which was taken 

 at Ormesby. 



6. A. minuta (Little Bittern). 



We are assured by INIr. Hunt that a Little Bittern was killed 

 at Burlingham in the winter of 1819. 



Genus XLVH. Recurvirostra. 



1. Jv. Avocetta (Avoset, Shoeing-horn). 



During the breeding season the" Avoset used to frequent the 

 marshes at Winterton : and in the summer of 1816 we saw one 

 there which had young. This bird made several circles round 

 us, uttering a shrill note, and then alighted in the middle of a 

 pool of water, on which it tioated ; then took several turns on 

 wing, and again alighted on the water, where it sat motionless. 

 The bill of the Avoset is so flexible that it is totally unfit for 

 a weapon of offence, and the bird itself has a peculiarly harm- 

 less and meek appearance. 



Genus XLVHL Platalea. 

 1. P. Leucorodia (Spoonbill). 



This species is occasionally met with near Yarmouth, and 

 VOL. XV. G generally 



