. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . ut its length, flexible and turned up at the point, the uppermandible channelled on its surface, the under laterally; nostrils linear and long; legs longand slender ; the three fore toes united as far as the second joint by a membrane ; thehand toe placed high up and very short; wings acuminate, tae first quill longest. AVES—AVO 641 This species, from its perpetual clamor and flippancy of tongue, is calledby the inhabitants of
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . ut its length, flexible and turned up at the point, the uppermandible channelled on its surface, the under laterally; nostrils linear and long; legs longand slender ; the three fore toes united as far as the second joint by a membrane ; thehand toe placed high up and very short; wings acuminate, tae first quill longest. AVES—AVO 641 This species, from its perpetual clamor and flippancy of tongue, is calledby the inhabitants of Cape May, the lawyer. Wilson found these birds, aswell as the long-legged avost, in the salt marshes of New Jersey on the 20thof May. They flew around the shallow pools, uttering the sharp note ofclick, click, alighting on the marsh, or in the water, fluttering their loosewings, and shaking their half-bent legs, as if ready to tumble over, keepingup a continual yelping note. The nest was built among the thick tufts ofgrass, of sea-weed, dry grass, and twigs, and raised to the height of seve-ral inches. THE ROSEATE This stately and elegant bird inhabits the seashores of America fromBrazil to Georgia. It also appears to wander up the Mississippi sometimes 1 Recurvirostra Americana, Lath. 1 Platalea ajaja, Lin. The genus Platalea has the bill very long, much flattened, dilat-ed towards the extremity, and rounded like a spoon or spatula; upper mandible channeledand transversely sulcated at the base; nostrils approximated, oblong, open, bordered witha membrane; face and head wholly or partially naked; legs long; the three anterior toesconnected to the second joint by deeply cut membranes; the hinder one long, and bearingon the ground. 81 54* 642 AVES-IBIS. in summer. It is however rarely seen to the northward of Altamaha river;and even along the peninsula of Florida is a rare bird; in Jamaica andseveral other of the West India islands, Mexico, and Guiana, it is more c
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