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FAHILY PLATALEID^E. 



Spoonbills. 



Bill, wide and flat at the end ; toes, four, all on same level. 



Wing, 13 to 17 inches long. 



Hill, Hal, whlrm-il ami nmiiilnl at tip; general plumage, pink and white. 



Aj'ijn "/"/". Roseate Spoonbill. 

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'ililliinll, it -lill OCCUPfl III -"'Mil- IMIIIlllIT- ill till 1 -\\:illl))~ of -nlllhiTII l''|o|-i(la. 



