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PLATALEID^l. 



r 195. WHITE SPOONBILL. Platalealeucorodia,Liim&\is. On migration, Europe and l> 

 > mostly in S.E. of England, where it formerly bred. N - A sia win -f / 



White ; lower neck and the short bushy crest tinged with yellow ; bill N. Africa, 



black at base, yellow and broadly flattened at the end ; chin bare and India, and 



yellow ; iris dull red. Length 32-36 inches. Ce 7 lon - 



Young. Without crest or yellow skin ; bill blackish ; iris black. 



IBIDIDJE. 



196. GLOSSY IBIS. Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus). Irregularly on Europe and 



migration. Asia > passing 



S. in winter. 



Bill long, curved down (as in Curlew) ; face bare ; general colour 

 chestnut-brown ; the back much glossed with green and purple ; legs 

 greenish grey. Length 22 inches. 



[ Order ODONTOGLOSS JE. 



Family P HCENICOPTERID m. 



197. FLAMINGO. Phcenicoptems roseus, Pallas. Four occurrences, s. Europe, 



f possibly escapes. S. Asia, Africa. 



Bill bent down in the middle ; general colour rosy white ; primaries 

 black ; rest of wings, both above and below, deep rosy pink ; the very 

 long legs and webbed feet pink. Length 60-70 inches. 



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Order ANSEKES. Family ANATID^J. 



198. GREY-LAG GOOSE. Anser tinereus, Meyer. Breeds in north of 

 nd and Hebrides, wandering southward from autumn to spring. 



Rump and wing-coverts ashy grey ; bill flesh-colour ; nail white ', legs 

 and feet flesh-coloured. 



Adult. White round base of bill ; breast with a few black marks. 

 Length 35 inches. 



199. WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. Anser albifrons, Scopoli. Visitor, 

 late in autumn to spring. 



Much smaller than preceding ; bill orange-yellow ; nail white ; legs 

 and feet oranc/e-yettow. I 



Adults. White round base of bill ; much marked with black on breast, / \J 

 most so in male. 



Young. Without black on breast, and in first plumage without white 

 round bill ; bill and feet paler than in adult, and nail of bill brownish 

 black, pale at the tip. Length 27 inches. 



A smaller race, with markings more defined, is known as the Lesser 

 White-fronted Goose, A. eryihropus, and a young bird of this race was 

 obtained in Northumberland, September 16th, 1886. 



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