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COOT. 



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Bill thick, convex, upper mandible arched over the 

 lower at the edge, its base rising far up the forehead, 

 lower gibbous near the tip ; nostrils oblong ; body com- 

 pressed ; wings and tail short ; feet four toed, long, fur- 

 nished with broad scalloped membranes. 



Common Coot, {Fulica atrd) . . . . ix 61 



AVOSETS. 



Bill depressed, subulate, recurved, pointed, flexible 

 at the tip; nostrils narrow, pervious; tongue short; legs 

 thin, flexible ; feet semipalmate. 



American Avoset, {Becurvirostra Americana) . vii 126 

 Long-legged A. (i?. himantopus) . . . vii 48 



FLAMINGO. 



Bill naked, toothed, bent as if broken ; nostrils li- 

 near; neck, legs and thighs very long; feet four toed, 

 palmate, the membranes semicircular on the fore part ; 

 hind toe small, not connected. 



Red Flamingo, {Phanicopterus ruber) . . viii 45 



AUK. 



Bill toothless, short, compressed, convex, often trans- 

 versely furrowed ; lower mandible gibbous near the base ; 

 nostrils linear, placed parallel to the edge of the bill; 

 feet three toed. 



Little Auk, (Alca alle) . . . . . ix 94 



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