54 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



HERODIONES. IBIDES. 



IBIDIDAE. 



Ibis falcinellus Linne. Bonaparte, Amer. ornith., 1833, vol. 4, 

 p. 23, pi. 23, fig. 1. 



Marshes and borders of lagoons; nests among low bushes or 

 reeds. 



N. H Accidental visitor: Alton, Oct. 1858. 



Mass. Accidental visitor: noteworthy flights*m May of 1850 

 and 1878. ^ 



Conn. Accidental visitor: Middletown, Mayll6, 1850; Strat- 

 ford (5 specimens) about 1836. 



CICONIAE. 

 CICONIIDAE. 



104. Mycteria americaxa Linne. 



Wood Ibis. 

 Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 140. "in America 



CALIDIORE." 



Tantalus loculator Linne. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, 

 vol. 6, p. 04, pi. 361. 



Swamps and marshes; nests in trees. 



Me. Accidental visitor: Berwick, July 16, 1896. 



N. H. Erroneously recorded for Glossy ibis. 



Vt. Accidental visitor: pair in summer, about 1897, near 

 Burlington. 



Mass. Accidental visitor: (? Georgetown, June 19, 1880); 

 Seekonk, July 17, 1896. 



R. I. Accidental visitor: Barrington, Aug. 8, 1896. 



