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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



FAHILY PLATALEID^. 



Spoonbills. 



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



Wing, 13 to 17 inches long. 



liill, tl:it, widened iiud rouuded at tip; general plumage, pink and white. 



AjaJH <ij(tja. Roseate Spoonbill. 

 See No. 139. 



Tlie Spoonbill may be roadil.y recognized by its peculiar bill. Although bv no means 

 common, it still occurs in some mimbers in tlie swamps of southern Florida. 



