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Crustacea that an- t- U- fi.mi.l at li.w wat.-r. I'Ui it- ii-ual pla.-es ,,f n >rt are rivere and inland 

 swamp* It.- <:,.-:. of .m_lm_: is not unliki- that of -I,, kingfisher, M MM r>--ai I"H 1- " I"- 

 U]M.II -...in.- iM-an.-li that i. \i-rliaii-- tin- wal.-r. and lli.-n<-.- | .ounces ii|>oii tin- pn-y below. It i- 

 tint a Ian:.- l-iid. tin- |HN|\ U-ini: liardK Linger than that .f a ...iimmii duck, anil tin- legtt are 

 nith.-r -hurt in ].n>|x.rti<>ii t<> tin- -i- "f tin- !M|\. 



'I'll.- ailnlt inal.- l-inl ha- th.- t..j, ,,f th \uw\ .lf.-nnit.-l with a l.um an.l full plunif of jHi> 



l.la.-k f.-ath.-r-. jHiint.-.! and .Ir.M.pini: ..\.-r th- Imrk. In tin- f.-inal.- tl l..nipit'-l f.-ath.-i 



\\antinir. 'I'll' 1 '"f' '"' I' 1 " " f ll "' '" >< ' k : ""' ll|v:l>1 is irni\i-h \vhit.-. The fwithen* of the 



Jiark an- flmi-n.-d. and th.-ir .-..lor i- u'nix with .M-.-a.-ionallx a \va-h ..f ru-ty n-.| ; th.-iv i.- also 

 a pat.-h "f tli.- -am.- hiif. 1'iit .f a .|.-.-|H-I tmi.-. ii|x.n ill.- iniildlf 'f tin- iimltT surfar.-. Tin- tail 

 i- vshit.- and tli.- -id.-- I. la.-k. 'I'll.- l-ill i- l-la.-ki-h brown, and th. l-p* nearly of tin- .sum- 

 r,,|,,r. t.iit not .iiiit.- -"dark Sp.-.-im,.iis of thi- Lird have l>.-'n kept ill captivity, uud welt? 

 ftnl 1'i-iiK -ipally \i\wn fish. 







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TIIK well-known SPOOMHI i. a!T..nl- an..th.-r instance of th.- .-ndlem variety of formn 

 assumed by the same ..ririn nnd.-r diffen-nl .-omlitioii.- : iM.th the beak and the \vindpii* being 

 modified in a very n-markahle manner. 



The Spoonbill ha- a \.-r\ wide range of .-..untry. la-ing spmid "v.-r th- m-at.-r part of 

 Europe and Aaia, and inhabiting a jM,rti..n .f Afri.-a. Like the binl to whi.-h it i- clos.-ly 

 allieil. tlii- -]..-.-i.-s is one of the \va.l. -r>. freipifiitiiig th- . and obtaining a subsistence 



from the fisn, reptiles, and smaller aquatic inhabitants, which it captures in the broad, spoon- 



