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 edge 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 

 ou wings; axi liars and under wing coverts, purplish bronze; feathers, bordering base of 

 bill, whitish. Plegadis gttaraunn. White=faced Glossy Ibis. 



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



Plegadis tiutuinitaliit. Glossy Ibis. 

 See No. 142. 



General plumage, white; primaries, blackish (adult). Guam alba. White Ibis. 



See No. 140. 



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

 rump, white (immature). Gnara alba. White Ibis. 



See No. 140. 



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

 Ibis, but differs in having the rump not white. Gtiara rubra. Scarlet Ibis. 



See Xo. 141. 



