THE Sl'OOMULL FAMILY 



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British Guiana. On Mara jo [sland, in the delta of the 

 Amazon, it breeds in hundreds a sight worth a long journey 

 to see. Unfortunately, it is impossible l<» keep specimens of 

 this species in confinement and have them retain then- color. 



In a few months they fade until they are pale pink. 



The Glossi [bis 1 i> 

 a dark-colored hird, its 

 prevailing color being 

 rich brownish purple 

 with metallic-green re- 

 flections, and abundant 

 iridescence. It seems 

 smaller than the two 

 light -colored species 

 mentioned above, hut in 

 reality it is not. In IS!)!) 

 two specimens were cap- 

 tured on the St . Johns River, opposite Melbourne, Florida, and 

 one of them lived two years in the Zoological Park. This 

 species is rare, even in Florida, hut in Texas and the Southwesl 

 the White-Faced Glossy Ibis is of more frequent occurrence. 



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THE SPOONBILL FAMILY 



Plataleidae 



Tin-; Roseate Spoonbill, 2 or I'i\k "Curlew," is the 

 only member of the Spoonbill Family in America, and it is 

 nlso the farthest from the type <>f the Order Herodiones. It 



is really an ihis with a wide hill which terminates in two 



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: Pleg'a-dis au-tum-nal'is. Length, •!■'• inches. l-ja'i-c a-ja'i-a. 



