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KEY TO TIIK lilUDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



FAfllLY PLATALEID^. 



Spoonbills. 



Bill, wide and flat at the end ; toes, four, all on same level. 



Wing, 13 to 17 inches long. 



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llill, Ihit, widciioil and rouiKh^d ut tip; geuerul plumage, i)iiik and wliitc. 



Ajdj" I'.i'O"- Roseate Spoonbill. 

 See No. i:W. 



'I'lic Spodiiliill may Ix' readily rec<)ij;iii/cd liy its peeuliar tiill. Alllioui;li \<\ no means 

 (.'onnnoii, it, still occin's in some nnmlxTs in the swamps of sonthern Florida. 



