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WHITE SPOONBILL. 
PLATALEA LEUCORDIA, Lin. 
The Spoonbill is extensively distributed over 
the temperate and warmer parts of Europe. Among 
other places it is common in Holland, where it is 
migratory ; but of rare and irregular occurrence 
at the present time in Great Britain. It is re- 
markable for its white colour, crest, and spoon or 
spatula-like bill. It breeds among reeds or rushes 
in the marshes, or near the lakes to which it 
resorts. ‘The nests, several of which are placed 
near each other, are made of reeds bound together 
by weeds, and not lined with any softer material. 
The female lays from two to four broad white 
egos, marked with spots of a pale reddish brown. 
SPA RLING. © O3LM ON. 
STARE. 
STURNUS VULGARIS, Lin. 
The Starling, which is widely dispersed through 
Britain, is nowhere more common than in the 
northern and western isles of Scotland, where it 
breeds in caves, crevices of rocks, and holes in the 
