. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. 290 HIMANTOPUS. Literature. Plates.—Dresser, Birds of Europe, vii. pi. 534; Gould, Birds of Gt. Britain, iv. pi. 53. Habits.—Seebohm, British Birds, iii. p. 74. Eggs.—Seebohm, British Birds, pi. 24. figs. 2, 5. Specific characters. Geographi- The Common Avocet may be distinguished by the colour of its forehead, crown, and hind neck, which are black in the adult and brown in young in first plumage. Its white innermost secondaries when adult are also peculiar to the sp
. The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or, The plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies . Shore birds. 290 HIMANTOPUS. Literature. Plates.—Dresser, Birds of Europe, vii. pi. 534; Gould, Birds of Gt. Britain, iv. pi. 53. Habits.—Seebohm, British Birds, iii. p. 74. Eggs.—Seebohm, British Birds, pi. 24. figs. 2, 5. Specific characters. Geographi- The Common Avocet may be distinguished by the colour of its forehead, crown, and hind neck, which are black in the adult and brown in young in first plumage. Its white innermost secondaries when adult are also peculiar to the species ; in young in first plumage they are greyish brown obscurely barred with white. The increase of population and the drainage of marshes have restricted the breeding- cal distribu- places of the Avocet in Europe to the islands ofi" the coasts of Denmark and Holland, the marshes of Southern Spain, the delta of the Rhone, and the lagoons on the shores of the Black Sea. To Southern Scandinavia and the rest of Central and Southern Europe, with the exception above mentioned, the Avocet has become, as it is in our islands, only an accidental visitor ; but further east it is more abundant, breeding in Palestine and Persia, where it is a resident, and in North Turkestan, the extreme south-west of Siberia, South-east. Mongolia, and South Dauria, where it is a summer visitor, wintering in China, Formosa, Hainan, India, and occasionally Ceylon. It has been recorded from the main island of Japan. In Asia Minor it is principally known on passage, though a few are said to remain during the winter; and it is said to breed throughout Africa in suitable localities. It is common on the west coast of Madagascar, and probably breeds Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895
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