THE ROSEATE SPOONBILL. 225 
be regretted that so many of the most beautiful water 
birds should be confined in their rambles to the south- 
ern extremity of our country. How nicely would 
this noble and elegant bird decorate the Fauna of our 
Northern and Middle States! It is not likely, how- 
ever, that any are to be found much to the northward 
Roseate Spoonbill. Night Heron. 
of the lower parts of Georgia; its principal haunts 
being near the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, and 
the extensive bayous and inlets which abound in the 
vicinity. Let us imagine ourselves upon one of those 
beautiful islands or keys which skirt the southern 
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