G42 
WHITE SPOONBILL. 
(Platalea leucorodia.) 
Pl. occipite cristato , corpore albo, guld Jlava. 
Spoonbill with the occiput crested j the body white j the throat 
yellow. 
Platalea leucorodia. Linn. Syst.Nat. 1 . 231. 1 . — Linn. Faun. 
Suec. l 60 , — Gmel. Syst. Nat. l. 6l3. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 
667 . 1 . 
Platea leucorodia. Leach.. Cat. Brit. Mus.p. 33. 
Platea^ sive Pelecanus Aldrovandi. Raii. Syn. 102 . \.—Bris$. 
Orn. 5. 352. 1. 
LaSpatule. Ois. 7- 448. pl. 24. — Bi^. Pl.Enl, 405. 
La Spatule blanche de Lugon. Banner. Voy. Ind. 3Q. pl. 5\. 
young ? 
La Spatule huppee de I’isle de Lu^on. Banner. Vay, Ind. 90 . 
pl. 52. 
Spatule blanche. Temm. Man. d'Orni. 382. 
Spoon-bill, or Pelican. Alb. Birds. 2 . pl. 66. — Will. Ang. 288. 
pl. 5. 
White Spoonbill. Penn. Brit. Zoal. App. pl. 9 . — Penn. Arct. 
Zoal. 2. 441. A. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 13. 1 . — Leiuin. Brit. Birds. 
4. pl. 142. — Wale. Syn. 2 . pl. 123. — Pult. Cat. Dars. 13. — 
Beta. Brit. Birds. 2. 25. — Mant. Orn. Diet. 2 . — Mant. Orn. 
Diet. Sup. . 
The length of this elegant bird is about two feet 
six inches : its beak is eight inches and a half, and 
dusky, with several undulated transverse ridges of 
black ; the tip is of an orange-yellow : the irides 
are red: the feathers of the hind head are elongated, 
and form a beautiful crest, which is of a yellowish 
white colour : the whole of the plumage is of a 
