ROSEATE SPOONBILL. 



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Char. Head bare, skin green, orange, and black; bill long, broad, 

 flat, and widened towards the end ; neck, breast, and back white; short 

 plumes of breast, wings, and tail rich carmine ; tail and patch on neck 

 buff ; under parts deep rose color. Length about 30 inches. 



Nest. In a colony, placed amid the tall grass of a salt marsh near the 

 mouth of a river or on a marshy sea island ; made of twigs loosely ar- 

 ranged, — a mere platform, raised several inches from the ground. 



Eggs. 5-7 ; dull white or pale buff, spotted with brown ; 2,60 X 1.75. 



The Red or American Spoonbill chiefly dwells within the 

 tropical regions of the continent, being common in Jamaica 

 and other of the West India islands, as well as in Mexico, 



