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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



FAHILY PLATALEID^E, 



Spoonbills. 



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



Wing, 13 to 17 inches long. 



Bill, flat, widened and rounded at tip ; general plumage, pink and white. 



Ajaja ajaja. Roseate Spoonbill. 



See No. 139. 



The Spoonbill may be readily recognized by its peculiar bill. Although by no means 

 common, it still occurs in some numbers in the swarnps of southern Florida. 



