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GRALLATORES. 



ARDEID^E. 



ARDEWJE. 





THE WHITE SPOONBILL 



Platalea leucorodia. 



Platalea leucorodia, T/ie Spoonlill, 

 White 



The 



Common 



White 



Spatule blanclie, 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 3. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 

 BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 31. 

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 94. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 51. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 193. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. ii. 

 TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 596. 



PLATALEA. Generic Characters. Bill very long, strong, very much flattened, 

 dilated at the point, rounded in the form of a spoon ; upper mandible channelled 

 and transversely grooved at the base. Nostrils on the upper surface of the beak, 

 near together, oblong, open, bordered by a membrane. Forehead, lore, orbits and 

 chin naked. Legs long, strong, three toes in front, united as far as the second 



