| The avocet stands about twenty inches in height, although its body is but little bigger than that of a Pigeon. |
| The avocet is interesting and attractive in appearance, without having any especially notable characteristics. |
| The nest of the avocet is a very simple structure, generally made by placing a few blades of grass in a hole in the sand. |
| The web-footed birds are either long-legged, as the flamingo and avocet, or furnished with short legs. |
| They are about the size of the avocet, and sometimes 322 attain the height of six-and-twenty inches. |
| Among wading birds are species of egret, crane, great blue heron, curlew, and avocet. |
