PLATE CCXXXIV. 

 PLATALEA LEUCOllODIA. 

 WHITE SPOONBILL. 

 Grall*. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Bill long, thin ; the tip dilated, orbicular, flat : noftrils fmall, at the 

 bafe of the bill : toague fhort, pointed : feet four-toed, femi- palmate, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 

 Body white : chin black : hind head fubcrefted. 



Platalea Leucorodia : corpore albo: gula nigra, occipite 

 fubcriftato. Linn. Faun. Suec, 160. — GmeL 



f 



St/Jl. Nat. 613. I.— Scop. Ann. 1. ]V» 115.— 



Brim. JV*' 46.^Sepp. Fog. i. 88, SQ-— Klein. 



Av.p. 126. L'-'Lath. Ind. Orn. 66?. /. 

 Platea, five Pelecanus. Aldr. — Rail Syn.p. i02. /. — Will. p. 212. 



t. d^.—Briff. Y.p. 352. /. 

 La Spatule. Btif, vii.p. 448. f. 24.— PI. Enl. 405. 

 Garza, o Becarivale. Zinnan, Nov. p. 1 11. ^ 20./. 99. 

 Spoon Bill, or Pelican. Albin 11. t. 66. 



White 



