GRALL^E — TANTAIJD.E — IBIS. 231 



THE GLOSSY IBIS. 



Ibis mexicanus. 



Tantalus mexicanus. Ord, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sciences. Vol. I, p. 53. 



Ibis falcinellus. Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. Vol. 2, p. 312 ; Obs. Nomen. Wils. ; Am. Orn. Vol. 4, p. 23, pi. 23, fig. 1. 



/. id. Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 2, p. 88. Audubon, Birds of America, Vol. 6, p. 50, pi. 358. 



/. ordi. Bonaparte, Geograph. and Comp. List, p. 49. Linsley, B. of Connecticut, pi 18. 



Characteristics. Purplish red. Crown, middle of the back, wings and tail glossy metallic 

 green. Young: Head and neck striped with blackish. Length, 24" 0. 



Description. Bill arched, and 5 - long : feathers of the head and neck long and lanceolate. 

 Tibia bare for half its length ; middle toe dilated on its inner side, and toothed. First quill 

 shorter than the second, and sinuate on the inner web near the end. 



Color. Bill and feet black. The other markings sufficiently detailed in the specific 

 phrase. Young: Back and scapulars brownish ash ; beneath blackish ash. Wings and tail 

 duller. 



Length, 23-0-25-0. 



This is a bird still more rare in this State than the preceding. I have introduced it here 

 partly on the authority of a specimen in the American Museum, said to have been killed in 

 the vicinity of New-York. Mr. Say received specimens from New- Jersey, and Mr. Nuttall 

 informs us that a single specimen is sometimes offered for sale in the markets of Boston. 

 The Rev. Mr. Linsley of Stratford, Connecticut, states that five individuals of this species 

 were killed in that (own about six years since. Breeds in Florida, Texas and Mexico. A 

 rare visitor to the Middle States. Closely allied to, and for a long time considered identical 

 with, the I. falcinellus of Europe. Its greatest known geographical range is from the equator 

 to the forty-sixth parallel of north latitude. 



{EXTRA-LIMIT AL.) 



I. rubra, Linn., Vieill. (Aud. B. of Am. Vol. 6, p. 53, pi. 359.) Scarlet: outer quills glossy 

 blue-black towards their tips ; face, bill and feet reddish. Young, ash-color, tinged with reddish ; 

 vump and beneath white. Length, 29-0. Louisiana. 



