1 6 SPOONBILL. 



SPOONBILL. 



WHITE SPOONBILL. 

 PLATE CLXIII. FIGURE II. 



Phatalea kucorodia, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Plalaha nivea, CUVIER. 



rriHE nest of this bird is made in a tree, if one be 

 -*~ situated conveniently for the purpose, or else on 

 the stump of a willow, among rushes and weeds in 

 water, or on the ground. It is put together of sticks, 

 twiys, and rushes, and lined, if at all, with finer portions 

 of the like; the former materials are made use of if 

 it be placed in a tree. Several nests are built together 

 when trees for the purpose are in sufficient number. 



The eggs, laid in the month of May, are some- 

 times four, but usually two or three in number. They 

 are white, spotted with pale reddish brown ; some are 

 without the red spots. 



