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Family PLATALEID^E. 



Genus PLATALEA. 



922. Platalea leucorodia, Linn. Spoonbill. 

 Hob. Europe. 



, b. Received in exchange, March 30, I860. 



c, d. Purchased, June 1, 1873. 



e. Purchased, June 21, 1873. 



f-i. Purchased, Aug. 22, 1879. 



j. Presented by W. H. St. Quintin, Esq., Oct. 5, 1880. 



923. Platalea ajaja, Linn. Roseate Spoonbill. 

 Hab. South America. 



a-e. Purchased, Aug. 13, 1870. See P. Z. S. 1870, p. 070. 



See also Garrod, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 299. 

 /. Purchased, Oct. 21, 1880. 

 g-i. Purchased, April 25, 1881. 



Genus IBIS. 



924. Ibis athiopica (Lath.). Sacred Ibis. (Fig. 50, p. 410.) 

 Hab. River Gambia. 



a, b. Received in exchange, Aug. 9, 1855. 



c, d. Purchased, Nov. 18, 1863. From South Africa. 



e. On approval, March 15, 1871. From South Africa. 



/. Presented by H.E. Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.B., June 10, 



1871. From Cape Colony. 



g. Presented by Capt. Wm. Dixon, March 8, 1872. 

 ft, i. Purchased, Sept. 6, 1873. From Gough's Island, South 



Atlantic. 

 j. Bred in the Gardens, July 6, 1877. See 'Ibis,' 1878, 



p. 449, pi. xii. 



925. Ibis bernieri (Bp.). Bernier's Ibis. (Fig. 51, p. 410.) 

 Hab. Madagascar. 



a, 6. Purchased, May 7, 1870. See P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 381, 

 663. 



