DWARF SPOONBILL. 



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vessels belonging to it: the forehead, the space 

 between the beak and eyes, and the throat, are 

 naked, and whitish : the plumage is of a fine rose- 

 colour, deepest on the wings: the tail-coverts 

 crimson : the legs are grey, and the claws dusky. 

 When in full plumage it is described as being of a 

 beautiful red colour, with a black collar at the 

 lower part of the neck, the neck itself being 

 whitish : the irides red. During the first year it 

 is of a dusky chesnut. 



This inhabits Jamaica, Guiana; Mexico, and 

 other parts of the middle regions of America : it 

 feeds on small fish, and other animals. 



DWARF SPOONBILL. 



(Platalea pygmaea.) 



pL. corpore supra Jusca subtus albo. 



Spoonbill with the body above fuscous, beneath white. 



Platalea pygmaea. Linn, Syst, Nat, 1 . 231. 3. — Gmel. Syst, Nat, 



1. QXB.—Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. 669. 3. 

 Dwarf Spoonbill. Lath, Gen. Syn, 5. 17. 3. 



This is a very small species, scarcely equalling 

 a Sparrow in size : its beak is black, longer than 

 the head, and flat at the end, and of a rhomboidal 

 shape, and not rounded as in the two preceding 



