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like a boat turned keel upwards; the lower one pointed, the 
edges strong and sharp; nostrils diagonal, situated in the nasal 
groove ; three toes before, united at their base by a small mem¬ 
brane ; hallux nearly parallel with the toes ; wings of medium 
length, first and sixth quills equal, the second, third, and fourth, 
longer than the others. 
Cancroma cochlearia. — The Boat Bill. 
Plate LX. fig. 4. 
Back, back of the neck, wing-coverts, and tail, silvery-gray ; 
cheeks, throat, upper part of the breast, quills, and tibia, white; 
abdomen and crissum chestnut-brown ; head large ; sinciput fur¬ 
nished with a long pendulous crest of dark gray feathers; front, 
chin, and legs, green ; a scarlet circle round the eyes. Twenty- 
two inches long. Inhabits South America. 
Genus 21. — PLAT A LE A.— Linnccus. 
Generic Character. —Bill very long, much compressed, and 
dilated towards its margins and point, which is spatuliform, or 
spoon-shaped; upper mandible channelled; nostrils approximate, 
open, bordered by a membrane remote from the bill; face and 
head wholly, or partially, without feathers ; legs long; lower half 
of tibia naked ; feet with three long anterior toes, connected the 
length of the second joint by membranes; the hallux long, and 
resting on the ground ; wings medium length ; the second quill 
longest. 
Platalea leucorodia — The White Spoonbill. 
Plate LX. fig. 8. 
White; breast with a patch of yellow; ophthalmic region 
pale yellow; occiput provided with a crest of long lemon-yellow 
feathers. Two and a half feet long; bill eight and a half inches. 
Inhabits Europe. 
Platalea agaga. — The Roseate Spoonbill. 
Plate LX I. fig. 6. 
Head, face, and throat, yellow'; neck white ; wings, abdomen, 
and crissum, roseate ; a tuft of rosy feathers on the throat. 
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