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EUROPEAN SPOONBILL (From Brehm). 



together, is deep and much hollowed, which is unlike the frail platform nests of the 

 herons. Mr. Stuart says the White Ibis breeds abundantly on the- low mangrove 

 bushes on tlu islanfls of the Gulf coast. There is a large rookery in Charlotte Har- 

 bor. The nests are usually made of the green twigs of the mangrove. The eggs 

 are laid in June. At Cape Sable eggs are deposited after the 10th of April; those are 

 from three to five in number, ashy-blue, spotted and blotched irregularly with yel- 

 h, reddish and umber-brown of varying shades; two or three in number, ;m<] 

 measure about 2.25 by 1.50. 



[185.] SCARLET IBIS, duuni nihrn (Linn.i Gcog. Dist. Eastern coasts of 

 tropical America, north casually to Florida, Louisiana and Texas; southward to the 

 \\>st Indies. 



An exquisite bird of the richest scarlet plumage. There is probably no well 

 authenticated instance of its having been taken within the United States. Wilson 

 was not correctly informed concerning its abundance in tin- Southern States, and Au~ 



