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other species to pack so closely. Some specimens are 
larger than those of the Plate, and more irregularly and 
closely covered with unequal blotches of colour, and a 
good deal like those of the peewit, from which they may 
be always distinguished by the greater quantity of ochreous 
yellow in the ground colour. Some years ago, a very light 
and singular variety of the egg of the peewit—the ground 
colour nearly white, with small black spots—was in col¬ 
lections as that of the Avocet. 
The egg figured is from the collection of Mr. Salmon, 
and was obtained by him in Norfolk, where he has no 
doubt that it was laid. The eggs of the Avocet and the 
black winged stilt are much alike in the peculiar form 
and disposition of the black spots, and shew that the 
birds are well placed near together. 
