4S6 FLATALEA LEUCORODIA. 
PLATALEA LEUCORODIA, Linneus. 
THE SPOONBILL. 
§ 5343. One.—From Mr. Chapman, not later than 1843. 
The Spoonbill is common in Holland. This is undoubtedly its egg, 
which is very commonly brought to this country. 
§ 5344. One.—From Mr. Mansfield, 1844. 
This Spoonbill’s egg from Mr. Mansfield, who says he has them 
from Yarmouth, and that they breed there ; of course a great lie. It 
is nevertheless correctly named. 
[That this species should have bred in England in Mr. Mansfield’s lifetime 
is hardly likely; but his assertion was not quite so wide of the mark as 
Mr. Wolley believed, for the bird has changed names with what is now called 
the Shoveler-Duck, which for a long while was the “Spoonbill” of Norfolk 
men, while the modern Spoonbill was always the Shoveler or Shovelard of the 
ancients. | 
§ 5345. Ten.—Holland. From Dr. Frere, 1851. 
Dr. Frere kindly allowed me to pick these out of his very great 
assortment, which had not been picked over, either before he got them 
or since. I had not, however, time to make a careful selection. He 
informs me that Spoonbills used undoubtedly to breed in Norfolk in 
a considerable colony some ten years ago, as I understood. 
§ 5346. Thirty—Holland. From Dr. Frere, 1852. 
These I have carefully selected from several hundreds in Dr. Frere’s 
possession which he has bought in Leadenhall Market in the years 
1845-51. 
§ 5347. Thirty —Holland, 1849, 1850. From Dr. Frere. 
[Like the foregoing; but apparently given to Mr. Wolley later. | 
