4 SPOONBILL. 



beyond the middle of its length, and the parts, so curving*, are 

 somewhat flattened ; the bent parts are each united to the side con- 

 tiguous, and likewise connected in the hollow by a thin membrane. 

 My late friend Colonel Montagu informed me, that he has observed 

 this structure equally in the female bird. 



2— LUZONIAN SPOONBILL. 



La Spatule blanche de Lugon, Son. Voy. 89. pi. 52. hid. Orn. ii. 668. Gen. Syn. v. 

 p. 15. Var. B. 



SIZE of the White. The bill about seven inches long, or more, 

 and narrower in proportion, colour rufous grey, with red edges ; the 

 plumage entirely white, but the feathers on the head are elongated, 

 more loose in their texture, and forming a sort of crest; legs dull, 

 pale red. 



A. — La Spatule blanche de Lucon, Son. Voy. 89. pi. 51. bid. Orn. i. 668. Gen. 

 Syn. v. p. 15. Var. A. 



In this the bill is reddish brown ; general colour of the plumage 

 white; legs yellowish. It differs from the other in having the wings 

 varied black and white, hence supposed a young bird. 



Inhabits the Philippine Islands. — I observe one of these, with 

 the head finely crested, among the drawings of Sir J. Anstruther, 

 which was found on the Coromandel Coast. In this the throat 

 appeared bare, and of a dusky red. Has been found also at Outle, 

 where it is called Dawbul. 



