. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . AJAJA AJAJA (Z/««.).Roseate Spoonbill. Back and wings a delicate rose white ; under parts showing rose color ; bare skin of the headgreenish and yellow; bill widened at the tip, somewhat spoon-shaped but flat, tinted with green-ish and yellowish ; legs dull red. Very old birds have the lesser wing coverts and upper tailcoverts brilliant carmine red. The immature bird has general plumage pale pinkish white with no red on the lesser wingcoverts. Length, 31 ; Wing, 15 ; Tarsus, ; Bill, KEY
. Hunting and fishing in Florida, including a key to the water birds known to occur in the state . AJAJA AJAJA (Z/««.).Roseate Spoonbill. Back and wings a delicate rose white ; under parts showing rose color ; bare skin of the headgreenish and yellow; bill widened at the tip, somewhat spoon-shaped but flat, tinted with green-ish and yellowish ; legs dull red. Very old birds have the lesser wing coverts and upper tailcoverts brilliant carmine red. The immature bird has general plumage pale pinkish white with no red on the lesser wingcoverts. Length, 31 ; Wing, 15 ; Tarsus, ; Bill, KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 243 This species occurs in South America from the West Indies north toFlorida and the Gulf States. It breeds in Florida, where it is known as Pink Curlew, the nest being placed in mangrove bushes or low trees. The eggs are usually four or five, being white and marked with olivebrown. The bird is common on the Bahama Islands. Family IBIDID^. GUARA Guara alba (immature). QUARA ALBA {Limi.). White Ibis. General plumage white, with the four outer primaries tipped with black; the bare skin on thehead is reddish orange. The immature bird is sometimes brown and white; sometimes gray,brown, and white, having the under parts white, and still younger birds are brown with a white 244 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. rump and gray or grayish brown tail; the rump is always white, never brown, as in the youngof the Scarlet Ibis. There is a great difference in size of : Length, 26; Wing, ; I^^! 6-3°-
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