52 PLATALEIDiE. 



Grmj, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 37, no. 10203 (1871); Reichen. J.f. 0, 

 1877, p. 158 : Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 190 (1877), 

 ii. p. 198 (1878), vii. p. 54 (1883) ; Bennett, t. c. p. 324; North, 

 op. cit. (2) i. p. 1172 (1887) ; Ramsay, Tab. List Avstr. B. p. 20 

 (1888: Rocldngham Bay; Wide Bay District; Richmond & 

 Clarence Rivers ; N. S. W. ; Interior ; Victoria & S. Australia) ; 

 Cox Sf Hamilton, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 426 (1890 : 

 Mudgee Distr.). 

 Platibis flavipes, ^^j. Consp. ii. p. 149 (1 856) ; id. C. R. Ix. p. 724 

 (18-55) ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 288 (1865) ; North, Nests 

 ^ Eggs Austr. B. p. 313 (1889). 



Adult male. General colour white above and below, with a dense 

 tuft of elongated feathers ou the fore-neck of a light straw-colour ; 

 no visiljle crest ; forehead, I'egion in front of and behind the eye, 

 and upper throat yellow, like the bill, this yellow portion of the 

 face separated from the white plumage of the head by a narrow 

 line of black all lound; inner secondaries with disintegrated black 

 webs on the outer web : " bill primrose-yellow, passing into fleshy- 

 pink at the base ; legs and feet yellow, nails black ; iris straw- 

 white '■ (J. Gould). Total length 38 inches, culmen 9, wing 16-5, 

 tail 6"S, tarsus 5-5. 



Adult femcde. Smaller than the male. Total length 36 inches, 

 wing 14-8. 



Young. Similar to the adults, but without any ornamental plumes, 

 the primaries with the shaft black towards the end ; the bill and bare 

 face yellow, but without the black line separating the latter from 

 the plumes of the head : the nostrils are placed in rather a deep 

 sulcus, which becomes smooth in the adult bird. 



Hab. Confined to Australia. 



a. 2 ad. st. S.Australia. Sir George Grey [P.],- 



b. Juv. sk. New South Wales. Hume Coll. 

 t- c? ad. St. Australia. Purchased. 



d. Ad. sk. Australia. Purchased. 



e. Ad. sk. Australia. Gould Coll. 



f. Ad. sk. Austi'alia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



. Sternum (imp.). Australia. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



3. AJAJA. 



Type. 



Ajaja, Reichenb. Av. Syst. Nat. p. xvi (1852) A. ajaja. 



Mystrorhamphus, Heine, in Heine Sf Reichen. Nomencl. 



Mus. Hein. p. 313 (1890) A. ajaja. 



Range. Confined to America. 



1. Ajaja ajaja. 



La Spatule couleui de rose, Briss. Orn. v. p. 356, pi. xxx. (1760). 



La Spatule rouge, Briss. Orn. v. p. 359 (1760). 



La Spatule couleur de rose de Cayenne, D'Aubent. PL Enl. viii. 

 pi. 165. 



Platalea ajaja, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 359 (1766) ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i. 

 p. 614 (1788) ; Wilson, Amer. Orn. vii. p. 123, pi. Ixii. fig. 1 

 (1813); Cuv. Reyne An. i. p. 482 (1817); Audub. B. Amer, 

 pi. cccxxi. (c. 1826); Less. Traite d'Oni. p. 599 (1831); Jard. ed. 



