PLATALEA LEUCORODIA. 



WHITE SPOON-BILL. 



Generic Character. ^ 



" Bill long, broadj flatj and thin, tlie end widening into 



a roundifh form, not unlike a fpoon. 

 Noftrils, fmall, placed near the bafe. 

 Tongue, fmall and pointed. 

 Feetj femipalmated." Mont, Orn. BiSi, ^ 



Synonyms. 



Platalea LEUCORODIA. Liu, Syfl, 1. p. 231. t. Ind. 



Orn, 2- p. 66'j» 1. 

 S p o o N -B 1 1 L . Alhin's Birds, 2 . iah. 66 , Bewick's Br. 



Birds, Ft. 2, p, 38, 

 White Spoon-Bill. Br. ZooL App. tab, 9. Ar£i, 



Zool. 2. p. 44.1, A. Suppt. p. 66. 



Lath. Syn. p. 13. 1. Mont, Orn, 



Bi5f . Vol. 2. 



ILdENGTH two feet eight inches, weight three pounds 

 and a half.'' Bill near feven inches long, thin and pliable^ 

 furniftied with a fmall nail ; the upper mandible has a 

 number of irregular protuberances on its furfacc ; irides 

 reddifh hazel ; feathers on the hind-head long, frequently- 

 forming a creft ; lore and throat bare and black \ legs long, 

 covered with a thick coarfe fcaly ikin ; toes conne£led by a 

 membrane as far as the fecond joint of the outer and firft of 

 the inner toe. In our fpecimen which is a native one, there 

 is a flight tinge of pale pink under the {boulder. 



This 



