SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



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SPINE OF BIRDS. — * The back-bone of birds, unlike that of some 

 other animals, is immoveable, though they have the power of bending 

 the neck.* 



SPINK.— A name for the Chaffinch. 



SPOONBILL (Platalea leucorodia, Linnaeus.) 



Platalea leucorodia, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 231. 1. — Gmel. Syst. 2. p. 613 — Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. p. 667. 1 Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2. p. 595. — Platea, sive Pelecanus, 



Raii, Syn. p. 102. I.— Will. p. 212. t. 52.— Briss. 5 p 352. 1 lb. 8vo. 2. p. 



300 La SpatuJe, Buff. Ois. 7. p. 448. t. 24.— Spoonbill, or Pelican, Albin, 



2. t. 66.— Will. (Angl.) p. 288. t. 5 White Spoonbill, Er. Zool. App. t. 9.— 



Arct. Zool. 2. p. 441. A. — Supp. p. 66 Lath Syn. 5. p. 13. 1 Ost. Menag. 



t. p. 61. — Lewin's Br. Birds, 4. t. 142.— Wale. Syn. 2. t. 123 Pult. Cat. 



Dorset, p. 13. — Mont. Orn. Diet, and Supp. — Flem. Br. Anim. p. 94. 



Weight about three pounds and a half ; length two feet eight inches ; 

 the bill is near seven inches long, and three quarters of an inch broad 

 in the narrowest part ; two inches towards the point in the largest part 

 of the spoon ; colour black, sometimes brown, with an orange-coloured 

 spot near the tip of the upper mandible ; it is also crossed with several 

 indentations and dotted protuberances ; the irides in some grey, others 

 reddish ; the lore, and round the eyes and throat, the skin is bare and 

 black. The whole plumage is white ; sometimes the quills are tipped 

 with black ; the legs are black, six inches long ; thighs bare about half 

 way ; toes connected by a small web, extending as far as the second 

 joint of the outer, and first joint of the inner toe. 



The Spoonbill is rarely met with in England. Mr. Pennant men- 

 tions that a flock of these birds migrated into the marshes near Yar- 

 mouth, in Norfolk, in April, 1774. We have also been assured it is 

 sometimes seen on the coast of Devonshire in the winter. It is said to 

 build its nest in high trees near to the sea, and to lay three or four 

 white eggs, powdered with a few pale red spots, about the size of that 

 of a hen. 



SPOTTED DUCK.— A name for the Harlequin Duck. 

 SPOTTED FALCON.— A name for the Peregrine Falcon. 

 SPOTTED FLYCATCHER.— A name for the Beam Bird. 

 SPOTTED GALLINULE. — A name for the Skitty. 

 SPOTTED-NECKED TURTLE DOVE. — A name for the 

 Turtle Dove. 



SPOTTED SANDPIPER (Totanus macular ia, Temminck.) 



Tringa macularia, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 249. 7. — Gmel. Syst. 2. p. 672 Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. p. 734. 29. — WUs. Amer. Orn. 7. p. 66. — Turdus aquaticus, Briss.5.p. 



255. 20 lb. 8vo. 2. p. 275.— Totanus macularia, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2. p. 656. 



—La Grive d'eau, Buff. Ois. 8. p. 140.— Spotted Tringa, Edw. t. 277. f. 2.— 

 Spotted Sandpiper, Br. Zool. 2. No. 196.— Ib. fol. 124.— Arct. Zool. 2. No. 

 385.— Lath. Syn. 5. p. 179. 24.— Lewins Br. Birds, 5. t. 113.— Wale. Syn. 2. 



t. 149.— Bewick's Br. Birds, 2. p. Ill Mont. Orn. Diet — Flem. Br. Anim. 



p. 103. 



