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KEY TO THE BIKUS OF EASTERN NOETH AMERICA. 



FAHILY PLATALEID^. 



Spoonbills. 



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



Wing, 13 to 17 inches long. 



IJUl, Ihit, widened ;iud rouuded at tip; geuerul plumage, piuk and white. 



Ajdjd ajaja. Roseate Spoonbill. 



See No. 130. 

 Till' S|HHiril)ill iii.i}- ))(' vo.'idily rcuoniiizcd )iy its peculiar liill. Altliou^^h liy no means 

 OOmnHiri, it still ocein's in sonir nnniliers in tlie swamps of soutlicin Fhn'ida. 



