. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . aniericana. RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA Avocet. Adult in summer: Bill very slender and curved upwards; feet partly webbed ; general plu-mage white, becoming cinnamon brown on the head and neck, but remaining whitish at thebase of the bill; primaries black ; most of the secondaries white, forming a broad white patchon the wing ; tail ashy gray ; legs bluish ; bill black. Adidt in zuintcr : Head and most of the neck ashy gray ; tail ashy gray : rest as in summerplumage. Length, 18 to 20;
. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . aniericana. RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA Avocet. Adult in summer: Bill very slender and curved upwards; feet partly webbed ; general plu-mage white, becoming cinnamon brown on the head and neck, but remaining whitish at thebase of the bill; primaries black ; most of the secondaries white, forming a broad white patchon the wing ; tail ashy gray ; legs bluish ; bill black. Adidt in zuintcr : Head and most of the neck ashy gray ; tail ashy gray : rest as in summerplumage. Length, 18 to 20; Wing, to 9; Tail. : Bill. to ; Tarsus, This is a western species which rani^es from the Great Shi\-e Lakesouthward to Central America and the West Indies : is not common on theAtlantic coast north of Florida. Stragglers have been recorded as far northas the Bay of Fnndy, but it is a very rare bird in New England. The ef-t-s are from three to foiu in niunber, pale gravish olive spottedwith very dark brown. !7 2 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. Genus HIMANTOPUS Himantopus mexicanus. HIMANTOPUS MEXICANUSBlack=necked Stilt. Adult: Top and sides of the head and back of the neck and back black ; under eyehd anda spot above and behind the eye, forehead and sides of the head under the eye white; rest ofunder parts with the rump and upper tail coverts white; tail ash gray or pearl gray; bill black ;legs red in life. The immature bird has the upper parts brownish; feathers edged with whitish ; wings black-ish, some of the feathers tipped with white; wing coverts edged with buff or tawny brown;under parts white mottled with black and tawny brown. Length, ; Wing, 9; Tail, 3 ; Tarsus, ; Rill, This species is common througliout tropical America, occasionally beingfound in the Mississippi Valley as far north as Minnesota. It is accidentalon the Atlantic coast north of Florida and Southern Georgia, although ithas been recorded as far north as
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