OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. I7S 



unrecorded. Even in the nestling stage of its existence the bill 

 of the Avocet is distinctly recurved. 



Diagnostic Characters. — Remrvirostra, with the forehead, 

 crown, and hind neck black, and the innermost secondaries white 

 (adult) ; brown in young in first plumage, the secondaries barred 

 with white. Length, i8 inches. 



