188 CICONIID. 
Ciconiine (anted, p. 186) :—* Bill elongated, subconical, subcylindrical, the end attenu- 
ated and decurved, with the tip rounded ; nostrils decidedly superior ; toes long, the 
middle one half or more the length of the tarsus; lateral toes unequal, the outer 
decidedly longer than the inner; claws moderately lengthened, rather narrow, 
claw-like.” 
One genus of Wood-Ibises is found in America; while in the Old World a second, 
Pseudotantalus, occurs in Tropical Asia and Africa, distinguished by having the neck 
feathered. 
TANTALUS. 
Tantalus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 240 (1766); Ridgw. Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geogr. Surv. iv. p. 249 
(1878); Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 321 (1898). 
Y 1. Tantalus loculator. 
Wood Pelican, Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carol. i. p. 81, t. 81°. 
Tantalus loculator, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 2407; Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 530°; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 
1859, p. 2274; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 253°; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 334°; Mem. 
Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 3097; Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 48°; Salv. Ibis, 1865, p. 193°; 
1889, p. 376°; Dugés, La Nat. i. p.142"; Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p.376; Sumichr. La 
Nat. v. p. 283°; Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 407"; vi. p. 379 °; Baird, Brewer, & 
Ridgw. Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 81°*; Ferrari-Peraz, Pr. U. 8. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 171"; 
Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 187", 328%; Richm. Pr. U. 8S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 527%; 
A. O. U. Check-l. N. Amer. Birds, p. 697"; Underwood, Ibis, 1896, p. 449”; Sharpe, Cat. 
Birds Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 821”. 
Pure albus; ala spuria, remigibus rectricibusque nigris, eneo-viridi et purpureo nitentibus, secundariis intimis 
dorso concoloribus : subtus albus, subcaudalibus longissimis vix filamentosis albis; capite et collo nudis 
livide cyanescentibus, purpurascentibus, scabiosis, pileo summo grisescenti-flavo : rostro sordide flavicanti- 
brunneo ; pedibus indigotico-cyaneis, digitis nigris, cerulescenti-griseo squamatis, palmis pallide flavescenti- 
carneis, unguibus nigris ; iride saturate corylina. Long. tota circa 32:0, ale 18-6, caude 5°75, culm. 8-0, 
tarsi 7°5. (Descr. maris adulti ex Ins. Cozumel. Mus. nostr.) 
Juv. adultis similis, sed magis grisescens, capite et collo magis plumosis, nuche et colli postici plumis 
fuscescenti-nigris. 
Hab. Nortu America, Southern United States from the Ohio Valley, Colorado, Utah, 
S.E. California, &c., casually northwards to Pennsylvania and New York ?}.— 
Mexico (Wagler*), hot and temperate regions of both coasts !*, Santa Efigenia ® 
(Sumichrast), Mazatlan (Grayson "), Presidio (Forrer 73), San Blas, Tepic 
(Richardson 8), Guanajuato (Dugés'!), Valley of Mexico (Herrera * 1°), Jalapa, 
Vega de Alatorre (Ferrari-Perez '"), Vera Cruz (Sallé*°), Cozumel I. (Gauwmer 1° 28) ; 
GuaTEMALA, Pacific coast 4, Chiapam ®, Huamachal 2°, Coban 3 (0. 8S. & F. D. G.) ; 
Nicaraaua, Rio Escondido (Richmond ?°), San Juan del Sur (Nutting 1°); Costa 
Rica, San José (v. Franizius *), Rio Frio (Aichmond *°), La Palma, Gulf of Nicoya 
(Nutting 4), Miravalles (Underwood **) ; Panama (M‘Leannan®).—Sovurn AMERICA 
generally to Argentina *. 
