SPOONBILL 51 
Beak. Black, barred and tipped towards the end with 
yellow ; expanded and much flattened at the extremity. 
Freer. Black. 
IripES. Red. 
AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 
TOTAL LENGTH ... = sie elem anale 
WING ; ot Fn oe eee 
BEAK Nad hee a ee Oa: 
TARSO-METATARSUS ones 
Eae Bets Sls) an ale 
Allied Species and Representative Forms.—P. cristata, 
with red legs, inhabits South Africa, P. mino, a smaller 
species, 1s the Eastern representative, while P. regia, with 
black beak and feet, and P. flavipes, with yellow beak and 
feet, are the Australian representatives (Newton). 
“The Roseate Spoonbill of America belongs to a dif- 
ferent genus, Ajyqja”’ (Saunders). 
