PLATE LXVL 



The Scooper. Charl. ex. 102. 



The Crooked Bill. Dales Hifi. Harwich. 402. 



LAvocette, Brif. Orn. 6. p. 538. pi. 47. fig. 2. 



Buff. Oif. 8. p. 466. pi. 38. 



PL enl. 353. 



Avofetta, Beccoftorto, Becoroella, Spinzago d'acqua. Aldr. av. 3, 



114. 

 Krumbfchnabl. Kram. 348. 

 Skerflacka, Alfit. Faun. Suec.fp. 191. 

 Dams. Klyde, Loufugl. Forkeert Regorfpove, Br. 188. 



The length of this fpecies is eighteen inches # . The body is. 

 fmall, but the legs are remarkably long. The male differs very 

 little from the female ; and in the effential chara&eriftic, the bill, 

 they perfectly agree : this part, which is about three inches and a 

 half long, is of a fubftance like whale-bone ; it is very {lender, and 

 comprefTed, is flexible, and, unlike the bills of other birds, turns up 

 towards the end, and tapers to a point. 



This bird is common in winter on the eaftern coafts of this king- 

 dom, particularly on thofe of Suffolk and Norfolk ; and fometimes on 

 the lakes of Shropjhire. They are found in great plenty, in the 

 breeding feafon, in the fens in Fofsdike Wajh in Lincoln/hire, and in 

 the fens of Camhr'tdgejhire and Suffolk. They feed on worms and 

 infects, which they fcoop out of the mud and fand \ and are fome- 

 times obferved to wade or fwim, but always clofe to the fhores. 



» Sometimes twenty inches, or rather more. 



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