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Thus we have presented to us the decurved bill of the Curlew type, the recurved bill, characteristic amongst others of the Avocet or the Godwits, the nearly straight bill of such forms as the Oyster-catcher and the Phalarope, hard and chisel-like in the former, and finely pointed in the latter; then, again, the bill in many species is hard and horny, in others it is acutely sensitive, full of delicate nerves, as in the Snipes and many others.
{129} PAINTED SNIPE PAINTED SNIPE THE AVOCET Recurvirostra avocetta Whole plumage white, excepting the following parts, which are black-top of head and back of neck, a band between the shoulders, inner part of scapulars, wing-coverts, and primaries; beak long and slender, and turned upwards; legs, slaty-blue-green colour.
The Avocet is not a permanent resident in Egypt, but comes from a northern home to winter here.
They are web-footed, a peculiarity that they share with the Flamingo, another very long-legged wading bird, but whereas the latter is really in form rather an ugly, ungainly bird, the Avocet is peculiarly elegant and graceful in all its movements.
{131} AVOCET AVOCET THE SACRED IBIS Ibis aethiopica General plumage white; a mass of almost hair-like feathers falls over the wings and tail-these feathers are a rich metallic black with deep blue reflections; head and neck bare of all feathers, showing black wrinkled skin; beak and legs black; eyes brown.
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