284 HEEODIOKES. 



Family PLATALEIDiE. 



Genus PLATALEA. 

 Liunteus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 231 (1766). 



Platalea leucorodia. 



Platalea leucorodia, Linnaeus, t. c. ; Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. i, 

 p. 514 (1 884). 



The Spoonbill. 



Hab. Locally distributed throughout Central and Southern 

 Europe and Northern Asia. 



1350. Skeleton. 0. C. 1301. South Collection. 

 1350 a. Skeleton. 0. C. 1302. Purchased. 



1351. Skeleton. 0. C. 1302 a. Hunterian. 



1362. Sternum, with right coracoid and scapula. S. S. 841. 



Purchased. 



1353. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. 0. C. 1301 a. 



Hunterian, 



1354. Sternum. Stores. 



Platalea regia. 



Platalea regia, Gould, Proc. Zool, Soc. 1837, p. 106 ; id. Handb. 

 B. Austr. ii. p. 287 (1865). 



The Royal Spoonbill. 



Hah. Australia. 



1355. Sternum of male, with shoulder-girdle. 0. C. 1302 c. 



Presented hy Dr. E. P. Ramsay. 



1356. Sternum of female, with right coracoid and scapula. From 



(.'larence River, N. S. AYales {E. P. Pamsay) . S. S. 914. 

 Presented hy P. L. Sdaicr, Esq., F.R.S. 



