PLATALEA. PLEGADIS. 113 



Platalea leucorodia. Spoonbill. 



Platalea Le.ucorodiaj Linnceus,'^. N. i. p. 231 

 (1766). 

 Platalea leucerodius, Naum. ix. p. 312. 

 Platalea leucorodia^ Macg. iv. p. 503 ; Hewitson, p. 320 ; 

 Gray, p. 151; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 564; id. ed. 3j ii. 

 p. 597 ; Gould, iv. pi. 32 ; Hurting, p. 54. 

 Platea leucorodia, Dresser, vi. p. 319. 

 The White Spoonbill, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 499. 



Leucorodia, the late Latin form of XeuicepwJids (Aristotle, H. A. viii, 3, 12), 

 which is from XewKos = white, and epw^tos or puiStos =. a Heron. 



A straggler to the British Islands ; formerly more abundant 

 and breeding. It is a native of the Palsearctic Region, India, 

 China, and Japan, 



Genus PLEGADIS, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 82 (1829). 



Plegddis, from TrXrjyds, gen. irXriyaSos, a sickle, from 7r\i)(Ta<a = I strike ; 

 from the curved bill. 



Plegadis falcinellus. Glossy Ibis. 



Tantalus Falcinellus, lAnncms, S. N. i. p. 241 

 (1766). 



Ibis falcinellus, Naum. viii. p. 539, xiii. p. 253 ; Macg. iv. 



p. 493 ; Gray, p. 153 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 571 ; id. ed. 3, 



ii. p. 604 ; Harting, p. 54. 

 Falcinellus igneus, Gould, iv. pi. 47. 

 Plegadis falcinellus. Dresser, vi. p. 335. 

 The Glossy Ibis, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 505. 



FalcineUus, diminutive of *falomtis, tromfalx = a sickle. 

 A rare straggler to the British Islands ; formerly more 

 abundant. Breeds in Southern Europe, and is generally 

 distributed over the temperate and tropical portions of both 

 hemispheres. 



