t6 



SPOON-BILL. 



ROSEATE SP. 



"Description, 

 Pl. LXXIII. 



Platalea Ajaja, Lin. Syfi.i. p. 231. 2. 



La Spatule couleur de Rofe, Brif. Orn. v. p. 356. 2. pi. 30. — PI. Bnl. 



165. 

 La Spatule, ou Palette, Pernet Voy. I. p. 184. pi. 2. f. 3. — i#/?. </« Louifi ii. 



p. 1 16. 

 Bee a cuiller, Ferm. Surin. ii. p. 153. — Bajon Cayenne, ii. p. 257* 

 Erafilian Spoon-bill, called Ajaja, Will. Orn. p. 289. — RaiiSyn.p. 102. 3. 



— Harris, Coll. Voy. i. p. 728. 



>*pHIS is a trifle lefs than the firft: length two feet three 

 inches. The bill fix * inches in length, and fliaped like 

 that of the former ; it is marked all round with a furrow parallel 

 to the edge, and is of a greyifh white, fomewhat tranfparent, fo as 

 to fhew the ramification of the blood-veflels belonging to it: the 

 forehead, between the bill and eyes, and throat, are bare and 

 whitifh : the plumage is a fine rofe-colour, deepeft on the wings : 

 the legs are grey ; and the claws blackilh ; the toes furniflied 

 with membranes, as in the white fpecies. 



2 - Platalea Ajaia, Lin. Syji. i. p. 231. 2. B. 



SCARLET SP. ^ e Spatule rouge, Brif. Orn. v. p. 359. 3. 



Tlauhquechul, or Mexican Spoon-bill, Will. Orn. p. 289. N° 2.— Rati Syn, 



p. 102. 2. 



Scarlet Spoon-bill, Sloan. Jam. ii. p. 316.— Bancr. Guian. p. 170. 



Description, ^P H I S is like the laft, but is wholly of a beautiful red 



colour, with a collar of black at the lower part of the neck : 



irides red. It is moll likely the laft-defcribed bird in full plu- 



The Hijl. de la Louif. fays 8. 



mage. 



