PLATE LXVI. 



RECURVIROSTRA AVOCETTA. 



SCOOPING AVOSETTA. 



Grall^. 

 Bill roundifh. Tongue entire flefhy. Thighs naked. Toes 

 divided. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Bill curved upwards, flexible at the point. Feet palmated : the 

 webs deeply femilunatcd between each toe. Back toe very fmalL 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



ST NO NT MS. 

 White. Above marked with black. Legs blue and long. 



Recurvirostra Avocetta: albo nigroque varia. Linn; Syft. 



Nat. i. 151. Svo. edit. 10. 



Amcen. Acad. 4. 59 1. 



Scop. Ann. 1. N° 129. 



Brun. N° 188. 



Mulleo. N° 214. 



Kram. eh p. 348. 

 Avof>. Rail Syn. p. 117. A. 1. 



Albin. 1. pi. 1 or. 



Perm. Br. Zool. 2. 228. pi. 80. 



Arcl. Zool. p. 503. B. 



Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 293. I, 



Suppl. 263. 



The 



