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Roseate Spoonbill, Lath. Gen. Syn. III. pt. i, p. 16, pi. 73 (1783). 



Espatula, Azara, Apunt. III. p. 128 (1805). 



Platea mexicana, Gamb. Journ. Philad. Acad. I. p. 222 (1849). 



Ajaja ajaja, Reichenb. Syst. Av. p. xvi (1852) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 XXVI. p. 52 (1898) ; id. Hand-list, B. I. p. 189 (1899) ; Martens, Vog. 

 Hamb. Magalh. Sammelr. p. 21 (1900) ; Gates, Cat. Birds' Eggs 

 Brit. Mus. II. p. 104 (1902). 



Platalea ayaya, Licht. Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berol. p. 90 (1854). 



Platalea a/a, Gundl. Orn. Cuba, p. 160 (1876). 



Platalea rosea, Reichen. J. f. O. 1877, p. 157. 



Ajaja rosea Ridgw. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. p. 10 (1880) ; Scl. & Huds. 

 Argent. Orn. II. p. 114 (1889); Holland, Ibis, 1890, p. 425 (Buenos 

 Aires) ; Graham Kerr, Ibis, 1891, p. 270, 1892, p. 145, Rio Pilcomayo, 

 frequently met with ; Holland, /. c. p. 205 (Estancia Espartilla, breeds 

 late in Nov.); James, New List. Chil. B. p. 8 (1892); Carabajal, La 

 Patagonia, Part II. p. 272 (1900); Albert, Estud. Av. Chil. II. p. 

 438 (1901). 



Mystrorhamphus ajaja, Heine in Hein. & Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 

 p. 313 (1890: Chili). 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



Size. Adult male. (P. U. O. C. 8656. Ensenada, Argentine Re- 

 public, July 1896, S. Pozzi.) Total length, 34.0 inches. 



Wing, 15.0. 



Culmen, 7.0. 



Tail, 3.8. 



Tarsus, 4.3. 



The adult female is appreciably smaller than the adult male. 



Color. Adult male breeding. General color white, becoming rosy 

 and even inclining to crimson on the bend of the wing and on the upper 

 and lower tail-coverts. 



Head : Unfeathered to well on the neck. See cut. 



Colors of naked skin of head and face : Pale yellowish with a shading 

 of light green, becoming orange about the eye. 



Neck: The part of the neck just back of head and the upper throat and 

 chin unfeathered. The rest of neck pure dead white. A tuft of rosy 

 feathers on the neck just above the breast. A few crimson carmine 

 plumes on the back of the neck. 



