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Roseate Spoonbill
Audubon's
assistant, George Lehman, drew the background for this print in Florida
in 1831 or 1832. Lehman, rather than Audubon, may also have drawn the
bird.
"The feathers of the wings and tail of the Roseate Spoonbill are manufactured
into fans by the Indians and Negroes of Florida; and at St. Augustine
these ornaments form in some degree a regular article of trade. Their
flesh is oily and poor eating."
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