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A V O S E T. 



Class II. 



Section III. WEB-FOOTED BIRDS. 



XXXIX. 

 AVOSET. 



BILL long, fknder, very thin, deprefTed, bending 



upwards. 

 NOSTRILS narrow, pervious, TONGUE Abort. 

 LEGS very long. FEET palmated. Back toe 



very fmall. 



228. Scoop- Recurviroftra. Gefner aw. 



ING. 23I. 



Avofetta, Beccoftorto, Eec- 



coroella, Spinzago d'acqua. 



Aldr. osj. III. 114. 

 W'd. cm. 521. 

 Raiijyn. av. 1 17. 

 The S cooper. Charlton ex. 



102. 

 The crooked Bill. Dale's hift. 



Harwich, 402. 

 Pktt"s hifi. Staff. 231. 



Avofetta, L'Avocette. Briffbn 

 m>. VI. 538. Tab. 47. 

 fig. 2. 



Krumbfchnabl. Kram. 348. 



Recurviroftra Avofetta. Lin. 

 jyft. 256. Bcopoli, No. 129. 



Skarflacka, Alfit. Faun. Suec. 



fp. 191- 

 Danis Klyde, .Loufugl, Fork- 

 eert Regnfpove. Br. 188. 

 Br. Zocl. 134. 



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N Avofet that we fhot weighed thirteen 

 ounces. Its length to the end of the tail was 

 eighteen inches, to that of the toes twenty-two: 

 the breadth thirty. This bird may at once be 

 difiinguifhed from all others, by the fingular form 

 of its bill ; which is three inches and a half long, 

 (lender, comprefTed very thin, flexible, and of a 

 fubftance like whalebone 5 and contrary to the bills 



of 



