644? ROSEATE SPOONBILL. 



The trachea is curiously formed, having a double 

 flexure like a figure of eight, but the convolutions 

 do not cross each other, the points of contact 

 being united by a fine membrane. 



ROSEATE SPOONBILL, 



(Platalea Ajaja.) 



Pl. corpore redricibusque roseis, tectricibus caudce coccineis. 

 Spoonbill with the body and tail rose-coloured j the tail-coverts 

 crimson. 



Platalea Ajaja. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 231. 2. — Gmel. Syst, Nat, 1. 



614.— Lath, Ind, Orn. 2. 668. 2. 

 Platea Brasiliensis Ajaja dicta. Raii, Syn, 102. 3. 

 Platea rosea. Briss, Orn. 5. 356. 6. pl, 30. young. 

 Platea coccinea. Briss. Orn. 5. 359. . 3. 

 Platea mexicana, Tlauhquechul. Roii. Syn, 102. 2. 

 La Spatule couleur de rose. Buff. Ois. 7. 456. — Buff. PI, EnU 



165. 



Scarlet Spoonbill. Sloan. Jam. 2. 31 6. — Will, Ang, 280.2. — 

 Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 16. — IVills. Amer, Orn. 7. 123.1xiii.y. 1. 



Brasilian Roseate Spoonbill. Will. Ang. 289- — Lath, Gen, Syn, 

 5. 16. pL 73. 



This most elegant species is two feet three inches 

 in length : the beak is six inches in length, and 

 marked all round with a groove parallel to the 

 margin ; it is of a greyish white, and slightly 

 transparent, shewing the ramifications of the blood- 



