WHITE SPOONBILL. 597 



GRALLA TORES. ARDE1D.E. 



THE WHITE SPOONBILL. 



Platalea leucorodia. 



Platalea leucorodia , The Spoonbill, 

 White 



The 



Common 



White 



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The 



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. Yert. p. 193. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Spatule blanche, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 596. 



PLATALEA. Generic Characters. Bill very long, strong, very much 

 flattened, 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 



