48 PLATALEIDJi'. 



List Grail. Brit. Mus. p. 87 (1844) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 559 (1847) ; 

 Reichenb. Viig. Nmholl. p. 26 (1850) ; Gould, Handh. B. Austr. ii. 

 p. 287 (1865) ; Fimch, Neu-Guineo, p. 182(1865); Ram.say, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 190 (1877) ; Btdler, Trans. New Zeal. 

 Inst. ix. p. .327 (1877) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. 

 p. 1100 (1887: N.W. Australia), (2) ii. p. 172 (1888: Derby). 



Spatherodia melanorhyncbos, Reichenb. A v. Syst., Gall. Taf. 145. 

 figs. 1018-19 (1852). 



Platalea melanorbyncha, Bp. Consp. A v. ii. p. 148 (1855); Schl. 

 Mus. Pays-Bas., Ciconiffi, p. 23 (1864: Moreton Bay); Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. iii. p. 37, no. 10204 (1871) ; Reichen. J. f. 0. 1877, p. 157; 

 Casteln. Sf Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 385 (1877 : 

 Norman River, Gulf of Carpentaria) ; Ramsay, oj). cit. ii. p. 198 

 (1878) ; id. Tab. List Austr. B. p. 20 (18?^8: nearly the wliole of 

 Australia); Buller, B. New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 144 (1888) ; Oyilvie- 

 Grant, Ibis, 1889, p. 48, pi. 1. tips. 1 a, 4, 5; Car ^- Hnviilton. 

 Proc. Litm. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iv. p.' 420 (1890 : Mudgee distr.). 



Platalea latirostrum, Ellnian, Zool. 1861, p. 7469. 



Platalea intermedia, Orjilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1889, p. 52, pi. i. figs. 2,2a 

 (Port Moresby) ; Everett, Journ. Straits Branch As. Soc. 1889, 

 p. 191 (Borneo) ; Salvad. Agg. Orn. Papnasia etc. iii. p. 209 

 (1891). 



Adult. Entire plumage white, with a very full crest on the crown 

 and occiput ; a tinge of sandy buff on the fore-neck ; forehead to 

 behind the line of the eye, fore part of cheeks, and upper throat 

 black (in skin), with a yellow spot just above the eye, and some- 

 times a small patch of yellow on the throat : " bill, face, legs, and 

 feet black ; on the crown of the head and over each eye a triangular 

 mark of orange ; iris red " (J. Goxdd). Total length about 34 

 inches, culmeu 8, wing 1-5, tail 4-6, tarsus 5-.5. 



Young. White like the adults, but with a much shorter bill and 

 no crest, and having the primary-coverts and quills black-shafted, 

 the primaries with a good deal of brown at the ends, the outer ones 

 also brown along the outer webs. 



Hah. The greater part of Australia, and probably the Moluccas. 

 I have come to the conclusion that Platalea intermedia of Ogilvie 

 Grant must be referred to this species. Prof. W. Blasius has re- 

 corded a Spoonbill from Celebes (J. f. 0. 1883, p. li!6), which he 

 calls P. lutoniensis. Mr. Biittikofer also supplied Mr. Grant with 

 details of two examples from Borneo in the Leyden Museum, and 

 the latter writer believed them to be the same as his P. intermedia 

 from New Guinea. I myself do not doubt that birds from Borneo, 

 Celebes, and New Guinea are all referable to P. regia, but a further 

 comparison of specimens is desirable. 



a b Ad. st. New South Wales. Australian Museum 



c. Juv. sk. New South Whales. Hume Coll. 



d, e, f. Ad. et Queensland (/. T. Cockerell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 juv. sk. 



q, h Ad. sk. Moreton Bay. Gould Coll. 



i. Ad. sk. Port Essiugton. Capt. Chambers [P,]. 



