AVES PLATALEID^. 



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Fig. 187. 



Ajaja ajaja. 

 ural size. 



8652. Female, immature. Princeton University Collection. About ^^ nat- 



The Roseate Spoonbill was not observed by the naturalists of the Prince- 

 ton Expeditions, but there are numerous records from the extreme northern 

 portion of that region. 



The descriptions are based on the large series of these birds in the Brit- 

 ish Museum, material collected in Florida and a series often birds, in full 

 below, from Argentina. 



The breeding habits of the Roseate Spoonbill have been dwelt on by the 

 earlier writers on American ornithology with much detail. The birds 

 breed in colonies, but are frequently associated with other wading marsh 

 birds, such as herons and their allies. The nests are built sometimes on 



