LIST OF BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA 

 Family V.— Plataleidae 



Genus I. — Platalea 



1. African Spoon Bill. 



{Platalea alba.) 



Order VIII.— ODONTOGLOSSiE 



Family L— Phoenicopteridae 



Genus I. — Pha^nicoptenis 



1. Greater Flamingo. 



{Pho'nicopterns roseus.) 



2. Lesser Flamingo. 



{Phcenicopterns minor .^ 



Order IX.— ANSERES 



Family I. — Anatidae 



Genus I. — Plectropterus 



\. Spur-winged Goose. 



Wilde Macaauw, or Maccoa ; Peele Peele (Bechu- 

 anas) ; Isikwi (Kafirs) ; Letsikhin (Basutos), 

 {Plectropterus gambensis^ 



2. Black Spur-winged Goose. 



(Plectropterus viger^ 



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