AVOSET. 



4 —ORIENTAL AVOSET. 



Recuvvirostra orientalis, Avocette orientale, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. 593. Cuvicr Regn. 

 Anim. i. p. 464. 



SIZE of the first Species. Bill black ; plumage wholly pure 

 white, except the wings and scapulars, which are black ; and the 

 tail ash-colour; legs yellow. 



Native place unknown. The description taken from a specimen 

 in the Jardin du Roi, at Paris. 



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