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, Linn^us.) 
Platalea leucorodia, Lmn. 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. 1. — Will. p. 212. t. 52, — Briss. 5 p 352. 1. — Ib. 8vo. 2. p. 
300 La Spatule, Buff. Ois. 7. p. 448. t. 24. — Spoonbill, or Pelican, Albin, 
2. t. 66. — Will. (Angl.) p. 288. t. 5 White Spoonbill, Br. 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’sBr. 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 la, Temminck.) 
Tringa macularia, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 249. 7. — Gmel. Syst. 2. p. 672. — Lath. Ind. 
Orn. 2. p. 734. 29, — Wils. Amer. Orn. 7. p. 66. — Turdus aquaticus, Briss. 5. 
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.— J&. fob 124. — Arct. Zool. 2. No. 
385. — Lath. Syn. 5. p. 179. 24. — Lewin’s Br. Birds, 5. t. 173. — Wale. Syn. 2. 
t. 149. — Bewiek's Br. Birds, 2. p. 111.— Mont. Orn. Diet. — Flem. Br. Anim, 
p. 103. 
