a bird-name widely used.The Australian species are – – Royal Spoonbill – – Platalea regia.
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P. regia has a fine crest in the breeding season;hence the name.
1863. M. K. Beveridge, `Gatherings among Gum-trees,' p. 79:
«The sun is sinking in the western sky,
And ibises and spoonbills thither fly.