THE RED-NECKED AVOCET 



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Genus Beciirvirostra. 

 Bill long and slender, much curved upwards. Legs long and 

 slender. Toes webbed. Short hind toe. 



Avocet: Recui'virostra 



novae-hollandiae. 



White-headed Stilt: Himantopus 

 leucoceplialus. 



The Red-necked Avocet. 



Eecurvirostra novce-hollandice. 



Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. 



Above white, with black line down sides of the back, formed by the 

 scapulars; outer scapulars white; small wing-coverts white on the edge; 

 the greater series white with black on outer webs; tail ashy grey; head 

 and throat chestnut; under surface white. Total length 15.5 inches, 

 culmen 3.6, wing 8.9, tail 3.1, tarsus 3.35. 



