SPOONBILL. 



WHITE SPOONBILL. 



PLATE CLXTII. FIG. II. 



Platalea leucorodia, . . . Penxaxt. Montagu. 

 Platalea nivea, . . . . Cuviek. 



The nest of this bird is made in a tree, if one be 

 situated conveniently for the pvu'pose, or else on the 

 stump of a willow, among rushes and weeds in water, 

 or on the ground. It is put together of sticks, twigs, 

 and rushes, and lined, if at all, with finer portions of 

 the like; the former materials are made use of if it be 

 placed in a tree. Several nests are built together, 

 when trees for the purpose are in sufficient number. 



The eggs, laid in the month of May, are sometimes 

 four, but usually two or three in number. They are 

 white, spotted with pale reddish brown; some are with- 

 out the red spots. 



