BRITISH BIRDS, 
157 
OF THE AVOSET. 
Bill long, flender, very thin, depreffed, and 
bending confiderably upwards ; noflrils narrow and 
pervious : tongue fhort : legs very long : feet pal- 
mated; the webs deeply indented from the nails 
towards their middle : back toe placed high, and 
very fmalh 
The Avofet is migratory, and is met with in 
temperate climates, on the fliores in various parts 
of Europe. 
