634 A P • P E N D I X. 



of it: on the letting on of the wing is a large 

 chefnut fpot : the lefTer coverts of a yellowifh buff; 

 the larger coverts whitiiTi : the web of that next the 

 back half buff and half black : the quil-feathers 

 black : the legs and toes dufky ; and what is fingu- 

 lar in a bird of this genus, the feathers grow down 

 to the knees : the iafide of the middle claw is fer- 

 rated. 



For this defcription, and the drawing, we are 

 indebted to Mr. Plymley. 



IX. The SPOON-BILL. 



pelecanus feu Platea. Gefner Rail fyn. a-v. 102. 



666. Platalea Leucorodia. Lin. Jyjt. 



a-j. 



Albardeola. Aldr. a-v. III. 251 Faun. Suec. No. 160. 



160. BriJJbn V. 352. 



Spoon-bill. Wil. cm. 28S. Loffel-gans. Scopoli, No. 115, 



A 



FLOCK of thefe birds migrated into the 



& 



marfhes near Yarmouth, in Norfolk^ in April, 

 1774. Thefe birds inhabit the continent of Eu- 

 rope. In Mr. Ray's time, they bred annually in a 

 wood at Sevenhuys, not remote from Ley den : but 

 the wood is now deftroyed -, and thefe birds, with 

 feveral others that formerly frequented the coun- 

 try, are at prefer) t become very rare. 



Mr. 



