368 BIRDS. GRALLiE, 45. Plaulea. 
45. PLATALEA. Bill long, thin ; the tjf 
dilated, orbicular, flat : noJlrUs 
at the bafe of the bill ; tongue Ihe^ ' 
pointed 5 feet 4-toedj femipalmate^^.^l^ 
*LencorO‘ Body white: chin blacks hind-head fubcrefled. a, 
dia. ; _ ’ 
2. Wings varied with black and white j legs yellowilh- 
' 3 ‘ Body all white ; legs flefli-colour. ' 
Inhabits Europe and Aft a ; 2 feet 8 inches long ; 
filh, frogs, fnakes and grafs ; builds in high trees ; 
3- — 4 white eggs, powdered with reddifh Ipots ; flefii 
bles that of a gooic, efpecially when young. 
Bill black, brown or fpotted ; tongue heart-fhaped ; irids 
lores, orbits and naked dilatable chin black ; 
fometiines tipt with black ; legs black. 
Ajaja, 
Body rofy j tail-coverts fcarlet. 
Blood-red ; neck white ; collar black 
fcarlet. 
Inhabits South America ; 2 feet 3 inches long. 
RoJeal‘i 
tail-featl'^ 
Bill cinereous-white, \vith a furrow parallel with the ^ 
face and chin naked, whiliih ; legs grey, 2} is th^ 
grown bird. 
r^gmaa. 
Body above brov.'», beneath white. Dt 
Inhabits Guiana and Surinam : lize of a fparrow. (jfj 
Bill black, longer than the head, nearly rhomboid at th® J 
the angles and tip of the upper mandible w'hite ; Ih* 
the quillfeathers white ; tail ihort, rounded ; feet ci'' 
46. PALAME 
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