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Sp. 1s RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA. 
. TAB. CI. 
R. corpore albo nigroque vario, capite, collo pectoreque 
rufescentibus. 
Recurvirostra Americana. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1, 693. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 787. 
Habitat in America Septentrionali. 
Long. corp. 20 unc. 
AMERICAN AVOSET. 
Body varied with black and white ; head, neck, and breast, 
reddish. ) 
Inhabits Northern America. 
It is about twenty inches in length. Pennant and La- 
tham have named it the American avoset. 
Se. 2. RECURVIROSTRA AVOSETTA. 
R. corpore albo nigroque vario. 
Recurvirostra avosetta. Auctorum. 
Habitat in Europa. 
Long. corp. 18 unc. 
COMMON AVOSET. 
Body varied with black and white. 
This species, which is named also the scooping avoset, 
inhabits the shores of Europe, and is found in Great Bri- 
tain. 
Length eighteen inches. 
