ROSEATE SPOONBILL. 



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The species, only about three, are spread throughout all the warm 

 and temperate climates, one being confined to Europe alone, and 

 another to the whole extent of the American continent. They are 

 allied in form and habits to the family of the Herons (Herodii.) 



ROSEATE SPOONBILL. 



(Platalea ajaja, Lin. Wilson, vii. p. 123. pi. 63. fig. 1. [an individual 



of middle age.] Buffon, PI. Enlum, p. 116. ^joja. Marc grave, 



p. 204. Phil. Museum, No. 3553.) 

 Sp. Charact. — Whole head bald. — Adult red. — Birds of middle 



age, rose colored. — The you7ig white; blackish chestnut, as soon 



as hatched. 



The Red or American Spoonbill chiefly dwells within the 

 tropical regions of the continent, being common in Jamaica, 



