P l l l T A L E A REGIA, Gould.
Royal Spoonbill.'
Platalea regia Gould \ Pt o S m "”“ '''1 uf Wialia, Part IV
This fine^jpecies o f Europe by the
n u d i t 'S ^ l s ’t . i^ l i lm L: w '{ dcf$®£ of f ib e r s , and is of tie
- Hint III . .T l j S ^ ^ r jlr liiir/^orlny.rrMi»G-ti/t t ^ ^ liSy^iftM ^ ^ b w aa e-^.dillcTeiii e exists
i r i I j . u d n c r i - - the principal j™ e l a t h e accompanying Plate is,
and breeding season, as I h l^ e iC a d u l t specimens J p g ? »
Iffillw llSf f i f f i h T 1 in irit^ the Europe,
H a S n i n . ■d - * I S loll rjliU I iihunimun tjre eastern and nprtherg qj[ag| q f Australia, and I hare been
jS b i 'm n l tSi.it .^frl.minh'i rare li.siunt .ld i^ tj^ ^ ^lieen.^l^^ ^i^lflJib^ r^ifli^y.0^ "^ ^ ^<lllth
w y f mpcnred ff ip ^ t g ar. and I ha v e -^ m jherhfrom | g i Essmgton. '-In its habits
■ "d^aLnsitinn it ^clo^r'fls .s imilate.s t a the gegpal appearance; taking np
M ib o d e w tbemgcgjnAf those miushg inlets of tin m iTll it run lor 1 S H U | g a g g | e into the interior,
as well as ilm-e of tire] y n j u | a ^ j j f l K / h 16?^ and ‘h e fty of fish,
ru dd y tliken M t SmSanfitllr pi
difference. ^ S .^ ^ ^ o n t^ d appearanee/oS^^sefcs, both' Earing the ornamental crest,
r wtlffh«t the wfflof the b i l l is spn id pid drpoS^tgj^OVjCr the li ick of the neck.
msmMm <w$ °f b head m ^
each eye a triangular mark of orange; S w f B K B ..;-■ Jt
’ The’ figures are those of a male and $ female, rather morgthgn half the natural size.