FAMILY IBIDIDjE. IBISES. 



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FAMILY IBIDID/E. 



Ibises. 



Bill, long, rather slender, and decidedly curved downward ; tarsus, 

 always less than five inches long; toes, four, all on the same level, no comb= 

 like edffe on side of middle toe nail ; wing, from 8.50 to 13 inches long. 



Wing, less than 10.50 inches long. 



General plumage, purplish chestnut, showing purplish reflections on head, and greenish 

 unwinds; axillars and under wing coverts, purplish hrou/.c; feathers, bordering base of 

 bill, whitish. Pleyadis ijwirainin. White=faced Glossy Ibis. 



General plumage, dark chestnut; feathers, at base of bill, not white. 



I'lcyadix <//t/ttnu/<ilix. Glossy Ibis. 

 ^e- No. 142. 



General plumage, white; primaries, blackish (adult). Guam <ili>a. White Ibis. 



Sec No. 140. 



General plumage, brownish or grayish, often more or less mixed brown, gray and white; 

 rump, white (immature). Uinir <iU><t. White Ibis. 



See No. 140. 



General plumage, scarlet. Th young Scarlet Ibis somewhat resembles the voting White 

 Ibis, but differs in having the rump not white. (;m/r</ rnl>ra. Scarlet Ibis. 



See No. 141. 



