WHITE SPOONBILL. 



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GRALLATORES. 



ARDEIDJE. 



THE WHITE SPOONBILL. 



Platalea leucorodia. 



The Spoonbill, 

 White „ 

 The 



Common 

 White „ 



The 

 Spatule Blanche, 



Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 3. 

 Montagu, Ornith. Diet. 

 Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 31. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 94. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 51. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 193. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. ii. 

 Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 596. 



Platalea. Generic Characters, — Bill very long, strong, very much flat- 

 tened, dilated at the point, rounded in the form of a spoon ; upper mandible 

 channelled and transversely grooved at the base. Nostrils on the upper surface 

 of the beak, near together, oblong, open, bordered by a membrane. Forehead, 

 lore, orbits and chin naked. Legs long, strong, three toes in front, united as 



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