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mage. In this ftate has been fhot in Jamaica, Guiana, Mexico, 

 and other parts. It is (aid to be of a blackifh chefnut the firfl: 

 year, rofe-coloured the fecond, and of a deep fcarlet the third. 

 It lives on the leffer kind of fifh \ and, if like the white, alfo on 

 frogs, fnakes, and other reptiles. 



Platalea pygmea, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 231. 3. — Muf. Adolph. ii. p. 26. — Bancr. 3- 



G««.p..i Z i. DWARF SP. 



I Z E of a Sparrow. The bill is black, longer than the Description. 

 head, and flat at the end, not of a rounded form, as in the 

 others, but fpread out almofl: at right angles, fo as to be nearly 

 of a rhomboidal form ; the angles and tip of the upper mandible 

 are white : the tongue fmooth : the body is brown above, and 

 white beneath : the quills have white fhafts : the tail is rounded 

 in Ihape, fhort, and of a brownifh white : the feet have four 

 toes, are cloven ; the claws pointed. 



Bancroft's deicription varies fomewhat. He fays, that the 

 bill is flattifh, dilated, orbiculated, and flat at the point, and that 

 the toes are palmated. 



Inhabits Surinam and Guiana. Place. 



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