THE ROSEATE SPOONBILL. 



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be regretted that so many of the most beautiful water 

 birds should be confined in their rambles to the south- 

 ern extremity of our country. How nicely would 

 this noble and elegant bird decorate the Fauna of our 

 Northern and Middle States ! It is not likely, how- 

 ever, that any are to be found much to the northward 



Roseate Spoonbill. Night Heron. 



of the lower parts of Georgia; its principal haunts 

 being near the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, and 

 the extensive bayous and inlets which abound in the 

 vicinity. Let us imagine ourselves upon one of those 

 beautiful islands or keys which skirt the southern 



