1. PLATALEA. 49 



k. Ad. sk. N.VV. Australia {T. H. Bowyer Capt. Bowyer Bower 



Bower). [P.]. 



I, Head & feet. S.E. New Guinea (//. Rotnilhj). Lord Walsingliam 



[P.]. (Type of 

 P. intermedia, Grant.) 



3. Platalea alba *. 



La Spatule blauclie de I'isle de Lu^on, Sonn. Voij. N. Guin. p. 89, 



pi. 51 (1776). 

 La Spatide hupee de I'isle de Lu^on, Sonn. Voy. N. Guin. p. 90, 



pi. 52 (1776). 

 Platalea alba, Scop. Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 92 (1786 : ex 



Sonn. pi. 51) ; Of/ilvie Grant, Ibis, 1889, p. 47. 

 Platalea cristata, Scop. Del. Flor. et Faun. Instdir. ii. p. 92 (1786 : 



e.v Sonn. pi. 52) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1877, p. 158 ; Salvad. Ann. 



Mus. Civic. Getiov. (2) i. p. 282 (1884: Shoa), vi. p. 317 (1888). 

 Platalea leucorodia, varr. /3, y, Gm. S. N. i. p. 614 (1788). 

 Platalea tenuirostris, Teinm. Man. d' Orn. i. p. ciii (1820) ; Gray, 



List Grallce Brit. Mus. p. 87 (1844) ; Rilpj). Si/st. Uebers. p. 121 



(1845 : Seuaar) ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 569 (1847) ; Bp. Consp. ii. 



p. 148 (1855) ; A. E. Brehm, J.f. O. 1856, p. 471 ; Hartl. Orn. 

 W. Afr. p. 226 (1857 : Bis.sao ; Gaboon) ; A. E. Brehm, J.f. O. 



1868, p. 326; Bartl. J.f. 0. 1861, p. 270; Gurney, Ibis, 1861, 



p. 134 (Natal) ; Monteiro, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 89 (Benguela) ; A)itin. 



Cat. descr. Ucc. p. 106 (1864 : White Nile) ; Layard, B. S. Afr, 



p. 313 (1867) ; Graiidid. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1868, p. 1 ; Finsch 



§■ Hartl. Vd(/. Ostafr. p. 718 (1870) ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 37, 



no. 10201 (1871) ; Gurney in Anderss. B. ^Dam. Ld. p. 295 (1872 : 



Damara ; Gt. Nauiiiqua-ld.) ; Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. pt. i. 



p. 1126, pi. 50. fig. 1 (1873 : Tropical Nile districts ; Khartoum ; 



E. Kordofan ; eiig) ; Vssher, Ibis, 1874, p. 73 (Gold Coast) ; 



Ayres, t. c. p. 105 (Transvaal) ; Hartl. Voy. Maday. p. 314 (1877) ; 



Mitne-Edw. iS'- Grandid. H. N. Maday., Ois. p. 524, pis. 215-217 



(1879-82); Bocaye, Orn. Anyolu, p. 456 (1881: Mossamedes; 



Humbe); Holub Sf Pelz. Beitr. Orn. Siidafr. p. 290 (1882); 



Butler, Feilden, ^- Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 345 (Natal) ; Sharpe, ed. 



Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 742 (1884) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1885, p. 350 



(Mooi Pdver) : Matschie, J.f. O. 1887, p. 146 (Qua Mpara, July) ; 



Schalow, t. c. p. 277 ; S/ielley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 48 fLado) ; Sibree, 



Ibis, 1892, p. 117 (Madagascar). 

 Platalea nivea, Burch. Trav. S. Afr. i. p. 601 (1822: Klaaswater). 

 Platalea chlororhynchos, Drap. Diet. Class, xv. p. 531, pi. 72. fi». 2 



(1829); Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ciconii, p. 22 (1864); id. S,- Poll. 



Faune Maday. p. 128 (1868). 

 Platalea telfairii, Viyors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 41, 1832, p. Ill; Gray, 



Gen. B. iii. p. 569 (1847) ; Hartl. J.f. O. 1860, p. 168 ; id. Faune 

 Maday. p. 76 (1861) ; Schl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 425. 



* Mr. Ogilvie Grant argues for the adoption of Scopoli's name of P. alba, 

 founded on Sonnerat's pLite. Although the bird is said to have come from 

 Luzon, it is •well-known that many of Sonnerat's species were obtained in 

 Africa, and set down in error as being from the Philippines. That this has 

 been the case with the present species hardly admits of a doubt, as both 

 species of Spoonbill from Luzon are said to have the legs yellow or red, 

 which can only apply to the African bird. Dr. Oustalet reports that he has 

 seen a specimen of a Spoonbill killed in Luzon by M. Baer, but I agree with 

 Mr. Gra/it that this was probably P. minor. 



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