243. 
FAMILY XXTII. 
H'Y GR ORA TJE, Illiger. 
<^ENUS 1jVI\I.^RECURVIR0STRA, Linnajus. 
Rl^CVRyiROSTRA A2IER1CA:^A, LINNiEUS AND WILSON. 
AMERICAN AVOSET. 
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'it species, from its perpetual clamour and flippancy 
ealled, Uy tlie inhabitants of Cape May, the 
tbf,| Ihe com])arisoii, iiowever, reaches no farther; 
1 ^“*' lawyer is sijnple, timid, and perfectly inoffensive, 
kinjii description of the long legged nvoset, the 
Of, 2,'j'l'y between that and the present is taken notice 
(KlL. **>s resemblance extends to every thinsr hot their 
ear 
the 
resemblance extends to every thing but their 
1 found both these birds associated together 
-May ®,^alt marshes of New Jersey, on the 20th of 
kcsL, l>ey were then breeding. Individuals of the 
‘'pecies were few in respect to the other. They 
Of tb I '*”‘1 *1'® shallow pools c.xactly in the manner 
fii'ci * y?”8' legs, uttering the like sharp note of click, 
■Udi-’ . alighting on the marsh or in the water 
I” 
'S their half bent legs, as if ready to tnnibie over, 
'***nately, fluttering their loose wings, and 
'S their half bent legs, as if ready to tnnible over, 
np a continual yelping note. They were, 
%(, rather more shy, and kept at a greater distance. 
‘'Ut ,1 I wounded attempted repeatedly to dive ; 
was too shallow to permit them to do 
*'*fts p facility. The nest was built among the thick 
' "rass, at a small distance from one of these 
'•Ibiijj' ,1* 'ras composed of small twigs of a sea side 
, y Srass, sea weed, &c. raised to the height of 
'•'nhes. The eggs were four, of a dull olive 
n,;,!'*‘’'*’'4ed with large irregular blotches of black. 
Tills * ®*'|'®*'s of a fainter tint. 
^Pfil . *l'®r'es arrives on the coast of Cape May late in 
’•*^®**rs its young, and departs again to the south 
*•4 October. While here, it almost constantly 
