. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . ,tapering, obtuse. Plumage very soft and blended; wings long, rather nar-row, pointed; the first quill longest; the primaries tapering,rapidly graduated ; the secondaries broad, incurved, the innerelongated and tapering; tail short, nearly even, of twelverather narrow feathers. Of the very few species belonging to this genus oneoccurs in Europe
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . ,tapering, obtuse. Plumage very soft and blended; wings long, rather nar-row, pointed; the first quill longest; the primaries tapering,rapidly graduated ; the secondaries broad, incurved, the innerelongated and tapering; tail short, nearly even, of twelverather narrow feathers. Of the very few species belonging to this genus oneoccurs in Europe, and is sometimes met with in resemble the Totani in their habits, but are moreaddicted to wading, and are occasionally seen to swim. TheAmerican species is described by Mr. Audubon as searchingthe soft mud with a lateral wriggling motion of the head, inthe manner of the Spoonbill. The eggs are four, pyriform,and spotted. By overlooking the structure of these birds, some authorshave entirely misplaced them in their systems. They areevidently most closely allied to the Himantopi, Totani, andother genera of that group. 306 EECURVIROSTRA AVOCETTA. THE BLACK-AND-WHITE AVOCET. 8COOPING AVOSET. SCOOPER. CROOKED-BILL. COBLERS-AWL. Fig. 25. Recurvirostra Avocetta. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 156. Recurvirostra Avocetta. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 786. Scooping Avoset. Mont. Om. Diet. Avocette a nuque noir. Recurvirostra Avocetta. Temrn. Man. dOrn. II. Avocetta. Scooping Avocet. Flem. Brit. Anim. Avocet. Recurvirostra Avocetta. Selb. Illustr. II. Avocetta. Scooping Avoset. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. Avocetta. Bonap. Comp. List. 54. Upper part of the head and hind neck for half its lengthblack ; the rest white, excepting some of the scapulars, thesmaller icing-coverts, and the primary quills and coverts,which are black. Male.—This beautiful bird, which is easily distinguishedamong our waders by its semipalmated feet, i
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