RMRE4C12–. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. 230 PLATALEjE. It has been stated that the Eastern race of the Common Spoonbill has a longer culmen than the Western race, and ought therefore to be regarded as subspecificaUy distinct (Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1889, p. 41). I have been unable to find the slightest evidence of the truth of this statement. The extreme length of bill attained by old birds seems to be 9 inches, and this appears to be the case through- out the range of the species from Spain to Japan. It is true that Hume states (Stray Feathers, i. p. 256) that in Scinde and the Punjab they s
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