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ORDER VII. 
CLOVEN-FOOTED. 
Bill, long, broad, flat, and thin, the end widening into a circular 
form like a fpoon. 
Nostrils, fmall, placed near the bafe. 
Tongue, fmall and pointed. 
Feet, femipalmated. 
Spoon-bill, Wil. orn. tab. 52. Br. Zool. II. App. 
Inhabits Europe , South America , and the Philippine IJlands *. 
Breeds in high trees ; feeds on fifh, and water-plants ; can fwim. 
Platalea of Linnaeus, and Platea of Brijfon V, 351. Each have 
III fpecies. 
Bill, bending down at the point, with a horn, or with a tuft of 
feathers erefr near the bafe of the bill. 
Nostrils, oval. 
Tongue. 
Toes, divided almofl: to their origin, with a very fmall membrane 
between the bottoms of each. 
* Voy, de Sonnerat , 89. 
Q, 
LIX. SPOON- 
BILL. 
Ex. 
LX.SCREAMER, 
A nhima 
