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WHITE SPOONBILL. 



(Platalea leucorodia.) 



Pl. occipite cristatOj corpore albo, gula Jlnva. 

 Spoonbill with the occiput crested ^ the body white 5 the throat 

 yellow. 



Platalea leucorodia. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 231. 1. — Linn, Faun. 

 Suec. 160. — Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1. 613.— Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. 

 667. 1. 



Platea leucorodia. Leach. Cat, Brit, Mus,p. 33. 



Platea, sive Pelecanus Aldrovandi. Rati, Syn, lf02. 1. — Briss, 



Orn, 5.352. 1. 

 La Spatule. Buf. Ois. 7. 448. pl, 24.--Bm^ PI, Enl, 405. 

 La Spatule blanche de Lu5on. Sonner. Voy. Ind. SQ. pl. 51. 



young ? 



La Spatule huppee de Pisle de Lu^on. Sonner, Voy, Ind. 90. 

 pl, 52. 



Spatule blanche. Temm, Man. d'Orni, 382. 

 Spoon-bill, or Pelican. Alb. Birds. 2. pl, Gd.—Will. Ang. 288. 

 pl. 5. 



White Spoonbill. Penn, Brit. Zool. App. pl. g. — Penn. Arct, 

 Zool. 2. 441. A. — Lath. Gen, Syn. 5.13. 1. — Lemn. Brit, Birds. 

 4. pl. 142.— Wale. Syn, 2. pl. 123.— Pw/^. Cat, Dors. 13.— 

 Betv. Brit. Birds, 2. 25.— Mont, Orn. Diet. 2. — Mont. Dm, 

 Did, Sup, 



The length of this elegant bird is about two feet 

 six inches : its beak is eight inches and a half, and 

 dusky, with several undulated transverse ridges of 

 black; the tip is of an orange-yellow: the irides 

 are red: the feathers of the hind head are elongated, 

 and form a beautiful crest, which is of a yellowish 

 white colour : the whole of the plumage is of a 



