RECURVIROSTRA AVOCETTA. 
A V 0 C ET, 
Generic Character. 
Bill long, (lender, tapering to the point, curving upwards. 
Noflrils narrow, pervious. 
Tongue fhort, entire. 
Legs long. 
Feet palmated to near the extremity of the toes. 
Back-Toe fmall. 
Synonyms. 
Recurvirostra Avocetta. JJn, Syft, 156. ed. 1, 
Scooping Avocet. Br, ZooL %. p, 228. tab, 80. Lath, 
Syn. 5. 293. Mont, Orn, Di6t, 
Avocet. Bewick's Br. Birds^ Ft 2. p, 147. 
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-L HIS, the onlyfpecies of Avocet found in this country^ 
is in length nearly eighteen inches, to the extremity of the toes 
twenty-two inches, and from tip to tip of the wings thirty, 
weighs twelve to fourteen ounces, bill three inches and a half 
in length, of a very curious form, " looking as Bewick 
aptly obferves not unlike flexible pieces of fiat whalebone^ 
curved upwards to the tip thighs bare half-way up. Toes 
three before, conneded by a very flrong membrane^ which 
is flightly ferrated at the edges^ and deeply indented in the 
centre ; hind toe very fhort. 
This bird inhabits the fea fhores of Southern Europe, 4;)reeds 
in moft of our fenny counties ; may frequently be obferved in 
the 
