bird, in zoology. See **Natural History**.

**Avis artica**. See **Larus**.

**Avis nivis**. See **Loxia**.

**Avis paradisi**. See **Muscicapae**.

**Avis pollygletta**. See **Turdus**.

**Avis rabo**. See **Pelicanus**.

**Avis rabos**. See **Phaeton**.

**Avis venti**. See **Margus**.

Avis is also the name of an order of knighthood in Portugal, instituted by Sancho the first king, in imitation of the order of Alcantara, whose great cross they wear.