BRITISH BIRDS, 
2-5 
SPOONBILL, 
OR, WHITE SPOONBILL. 
{^Plataka leucorodia^ Lin . — La Spatule, BufF.) 
The Spoonbill meafures two feet eight inches 
in length, and is about the bulk of the common 
Heron, but its legs and neck are fhorter. The 
whole plumage is white, though fome few have 
been noticed with the quills tipped with black. 
The bill, which flaps together not unlike two 
pieces of leather, is the mofl: ftriking feature in this 
bird : it is fix inches and a half long, broad and 
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