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NEW HOLLAND AVOSET. 
part of the breast are of a deep rufous white, palest 
on the throat and fore part of the neck : the lower 
parts of the neck behind are white : the back is black : 
greater and lesser wing-coverts, the outer parts of the 
wing and the quills are black : the middle coverts, 
and some of the secondaries are white, and of the 
latter a few are tinged with ash-colour : the under 
parts of the body from the breast are pure white : 
the legs are dusky. Inhabits North America. 
NEW HOLLAND AVOSET. 
(Recurvirostra Novae Hollandiaj.) 
Re. corpore albo nigroqiie vario, capite colloque rtifescentibus. 
Avoset with the body varied with black and white, the head and 
neck reddish. 
Native of New Holland, and greatly resembling 
the former species ; but the red colour of the neck 
does not extend so far down, and the black fasciae on 
the wings are differently disposed. 
