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how the bird uses it. The Avocet is common enough at times on the mainland. Then there is the Stilt, easily known by the ridiculous length of its bright red legs, which trail behind it when it flies. Its cap, wings and back are black; the rest of it is white. Both these are good eating. The Spoonbill and the Ibis are striking birds, but very unlikely to be seen in Bombay. There is only one other bird I need mention here, and that is the Stint (Tringa minuta), tiniest of water-fowl. If you see a hundred dingy little birds, about the size of sparrows, all feeding together knee-deep in water, you may safely put them down as Stints.