194 . IBIDIDA. 
1. Plegadis guarauna. 
Scolopax guarauna, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 242°. . 
Ibis guarauna, Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 530°; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 809%. 
Plegadis guarauna, Baird, Brewer, & Ridgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 97‘; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. 
U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 171°; Stone, Pr. Acad. Philad. 1890, p. 217°; Allen, Bull. Amer. 
Mus. N. H. v. p. 337; Jouy, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 788°; A. O. U. Check-l. N. Amer. 
Birds, 2nd ed. p. 68°; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 34°. 
Ibis ordi, Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 179"; Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 233”. 
Falcinellus igneus (nec Gm.), Dugés, La Nat. i. p. 142°; Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 126". 
Plegadis autumnalis (nec Hasselq.), Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 187 9 828". 
Castaneo-rufus, viridi nitens; tectricibus alarum magis metallice violaceis, viridi vel bronzino nitentibus ; 
primariis viridibus, secundariis eneo-bronzinis, his intimis extus cuprescenti-purpureis, intus viridibus ; 
cauda viridi, purpureo et bronzino nitente ; pileo cristato purpurascenti-cupreo ; linea frontali alba, pone 
oculos ducta ect ad basin mandibule extensa; facie laterali et corpore subtus toto castaneis ; subcaudalibus 
partim viridibus, partim purpureis ; subalaribus bronzinis, majoribus et remigibus infra viridibus cupreo 
et purpureo nitentibus: rostro fusco, vix rufescente ; loris, area nuda faciali mentoque pallide coccineis ; 
pedibus griseo-brunneis vel coccineis; iride coccinea. Long. tota circa 18°5, ale 10°6, caudee 3°7, 
culm. 5:3, tarsi 4:0. (Descr. maris adulti ex Brownsville, Texas. Mus. nostr.) 
2 mari similis, sed minor et rostro breviore. Long. tota circa 16-0, culm. 4°2. (Descr. femine adulte ex 
Corpus Christi, Texas. Mus. nostr.) 
Plil. hiem. Brunneus, metallice purpureo, viridi et bronzino nitens; alis magis distincte metallice viridibus ; 
pileo et collo gastreoque toto griseo-fuscis ; capite undique et collo superiore albido minute striolatis ; alis 
infra metallice viridibus. (Deser. maris adulti ex Presidio, Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 
Ju. ptilosi hiemali similis; pileo et collo fuscis, illo albo striolato: notao reliquo metallice olivaceo-viridi ; 
gastreo fusco, gutture minute albido striato: rostro brevi (3:0). (Descr. av. Juv. ex Buenos Ayres. 
Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Norvtu America, Western United States from Texas to California, Oregon, and 
casually to Southern British Columbia, Kansas, and Florida ®.—Mextico (Wagler’, 
Sumichrast 2), Cachuta, Sonora (Robinette™), Mazatlan (Grayson®), Manzanilla 
Bay (Xantus*), Presidio de Mazatlan (Forrer}°), Guanajuato, Guadalajara 
(Dugés 38), Walley of Mexico (Wihite!°!), Lake of Xochimilco (Herrera **), 
Laguna de Epatlan, Puebla, Laguna del Rosario, Tlaxcala (Yerrari-Perez ), 
Lake Patzcuaro, Orizaba (Baker ®, Jouy’), Tampico, Presas, Soto La Marina, 
Tamaulipas, Tamiagua, Tuxpan, Pueblo Viejo (Berlandier \*)—SoutH AMERICA 
to Southern Brazil, Chile, and Patagonia!®; Awntittes!®, San Domingo?® ; 
Flawauan Is. 2°. 
P. quarauna, which differs from the common Glossy Ibis in having a white frontal 
band, is an inhabitant of Western North America, and is very plentiful in Mexico, in 
all marshy places in the central tableland, and in the vicinity of small streams 
and lakes. So far as we know, it has not been recorded from any of the other 
countries of Central America ; but it winters in Southern Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and 
Patagonia, and has been found in San Domingo, and even in the Sandwich Islands. 
This Ibis is described as easy and graceful in its movements, and a bird of rapid 
flight. Its food consists of insects, small crustacea, &c. The nest is generally 
