HIMANTOPTTS. 



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Typical Avocets. 



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 Sternum of Himantopus avoeetta. 



HIMANTOPUS AVOCETTA. 



COMMON AVOCET. 

 Himantopus remigibus tertii ordinis aut albis (in adult.) aut brunneis albo fasciatis (in juv.). 



Diagnosis. 



Swinhoe's types of Becurvirostra sinensis are slightly suffused with grey on the mantle Variations. 

 and hind neck ; but other examples from China do not differ from North-European or 

 African birds. 



Recurvirostra avosetta, Linneus, Syst, Nat. i. p. 151 (1758) ; Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 256 (1766). 



Avoeetta avoeetta, Brisson, Orn. vi. p. 538 (1760). 



Scolopax avoeetta (Linn.), Scopoli, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. p. 92 (1769). 



Avoeetta europsea, Durnont, Diet. Sc. Nat. iii. p. 339 (1816). 



Recurvirostra sinensis, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1867, p. 401. 



Himantopus avoeetta (Linn.), Seebohm, British Birds, iii. p. 74 (1885). 



S3'nonymy. 



