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SPOONBILL. 



WHITE SPOONBILL. 



PLATALEA LETJCOEDIA, 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 

 eggs, marked with spots of a pale reddish brown. 



STARLING, COMMON. 



STARE. 

 STUKNUS VULGAEIS, 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 



