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Div. II. WATER BIR 



Order VII. With CLOVEN FEET. 



Genus LX, SPOONBILL. 



N° i. White Sp. N° 2. Rofeate Sp. 



Var. A. Var. A. Scarlet Sp» 



Var. B. 3. Dwarf Sp. 



BILL long, broad, flat, and thin j the end widening into a 

 roundifh form, not unlike a fpoon. 

 Noftrils fmall, placed near the bafe. 

 Tongue fmall and pointed. 

 Feet femipalmated. 



Platalea leucorodia, Lin. Syji. i. p. 231. i.—Muf. Adolph.n. p. 26.— f. 



Faun. Suec 160. — Seep. Ann. i. p. 115. — Brun. Qrn. 46. — Muller, WHITE SP, 



N° 170. 

 La Spatnle, Brif. Orn. v. p. i^.—Buf. Oif, vii. p. 448. pi. 24.— 



PL Enl. 405. 

 Pelicane or Spoon-bill, Rati Sjn. 102. 1. — Will. Orn. p. 288. pi. 52.—. 



Kolb. Cape, ii. p. 142. pi. vii. f. 5. — Albin. ii. pi. 66.— Br. Zool. ii. 



App. pi. 9. — Aril. Zool. p. 441. A. 



Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



CIZE of the Heron, but fhorter in both neck and legs : length Description., 



two feet eight inches. The bill is fix inches and a half 

 long, very flat, and broadens out into the fhape of a fpoon at 



the 



