Annual report . ropes. Recurvirostra americana Gmelin American Avocet Recurvirostra a m e r i c a n a Gmelin. Syst. Nat. 1788. Ed. i. 2:693 DeKay. Zool. N. Y. pt 2, p. 266, fig. 227, 229A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 225 recurvirostra, Lat. recurvus, bent back or upward; rostrum, bill; americdna, American Description. Breeding plmnage: Head and neck pale reddish brownor cinnamon fading to white below; back, lesser coverts and primaries black; rest of plumage white. Inwinter and immature: Similar,but head and neck white or gray-ish white. Bill recurved or bentupward, blackish; legs bluis
Annual report . ropes. Recurvirostra americana Gmelin American Avocet Recurvirostra a m e r i c a n a Gmelin. Syst. Nat. 1788. Ed. i. 2:693 DeKay. Zool. N. Y. pt 2, p. 266, fig. 227, 229A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 225 recurvirostra, Lat. recurvus, bent back or upward; rostrum, bill; americdna, American Description. Breeding plmnage: Head and neck pale reddish brownor cinnamon fading to white below; back, lesser coverts and primaries black; rest of plumage white. Inwinter and immature: Similar,but head and neck white or gray-ish white. Bill recurved or bentupward, blackish; legs bluish;eyes dark. Length inches; ex-tent 28-31; wing ; tailS-s; bill ; tarsus The American avocet, orBluestocking, was formerh anoccasional visitor to the shoresof Long Island and the GreatLakes, but now is purely acci-dental or entirely absent. Thelast authentic specimens fromthe State were obtained about50 years ago on Long froin this localitywithout definite data are found. American avocet. Recurvirostra amer icana in State Museum. J- nat. size Fror in the State Museum, the Ameri- BIRDS OF NEW YORK 295 can Museum, and the Collection of the Long Island Historical Society[sec Dutcher, i\uk, lo: 272]. The bird is mostly an inhabitant of interior and western Americafrom Texas to Saskatchewan, wintering from the gulf coast southward. Family MIVIANTOPODIDAEi Stilts Body rather small, but the legs excessively length)-; hind toe wanting;front toes semipalmate; bill slender, nearly straight, slighth curvedupward, tapering, acute; wings long and pointed; plumage blackish andwhite. There are seven or eight species of Stilts, inhabiting warm or temperateregions, but onh one reaches the United States. Coues says, on the ground whether walking or wading, the birdmoves gracefully, with measured steps; the long legs are much bent ateach step (onh^ at the joint, however), and planted firmly, perfectly straight;except under certain circumst
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