DWARF SPOONBILL. 
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vessels belonging to it: the forehead, the space 
between the beak and eyes, and the throat, are 
naked, and whitish : the plumage is of a fine rose- 
colour, deepest on the wings : the tail-coverts 
crimson : the legs are grey, and the claws dusky. 
When in full plumage it is described as being of a 
beautiful red colour, with a black collar at the 
lower part of the neck, the neck itself being 
whitish : the irides red. During the first year it 
is of a dusky chesnut. 
This inhabits Jamaica, Guiana, Mexico, and 
other parts of the middle regions of America : it 
feeds on small fish, and other animals. 
DWARF SPOONBILL. 
(Platalea pygmaea.) 
Pl. corpore supra fusca subtus albo. 
Spoonbill with the body above fuscous, beneath white. 
Platalea pygmaea. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 231. 3.—Gmel. Syst. Nat. 
1. 6l5. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 66q. 3. 
Dwarf Spoonbill. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 17* 3. 
This is a very small species, scarcely equalling 
a Sparrow in size : its beak is black, longer than 
the head, and flat at the end, and of a rhomboidal 
shape, and not rounded as in the two preceding 
