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Spoonbill

This drawing of a spoonbill is quite accurate. Pliny the Elder calls it "shoveller-duck", probably from its shovel-like beak. It is said to steal fish from other birds.

The image was obtained from the source listed below.

British Library - Digitized Manuscripts

Manuscript

British Library, Additional MS 11390 (Der Naturen Bloeme), folio 29v

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