Spoon-bill, * 5 



which grow in the water, as well as the roots of reeds *. Are 

 migratory, retiring to the warmer parts as the winter approaches : 

 rarely feen in England f. Their flefh is faid to have the flavour 

 Of a Goofe, and is eaten by fome, and the young birds have 

 been thought good food J. By many authors they are called 

 Pelicans. 



La Spatule blanche de l'Ifle de Lucon, Son. Voy. p. S9. t. 51. '• 



Var. Ao 



C I Z E of the rofeate fpecies. Bill reddifh brown : general co- Description. 



lour of the plumage white ; the feathers of the wings part 

 black, part white : legs reddifh yellow. 



Inhabits the Philippine IJlands, Place. 



La Spatule huppee de l'Ifle deLucon, Son, Voy. p. 90. t. 52. '• 



Var. B„ 



C I Z E of the laft, but differs in being entirely white, the quills Description 



not excepted- it is alfofurnifhed with a long creft, compofed 



of feathers whofe webs are very loofe, and feparated from one 



another : the bill is rufous grey, with red edges : legs of a dull 



pale red. 



Found with the laft. Place. 



• SaUrne. 



f A flock of them migrated into the marines, near Yarmouth, in Norfolk, 

 April 1774- Br. Zool. 



\ Before they can fly ; for Willughhy talks of their being fliaken out of the 

 neil with a crook fattened to the end of a pole. See Qrn. p. 289. 



.flatales 



