54 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



HERODIONES. IBIDES. 



IBIDIDAE. 



Ibis falcineUm 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 in ^Nlay of 1850 

 and 1878. 



Conn. — Accidental visitor: Middletown, ^lay 16, 1850; Strat- 

 ford (5 specimens) about 1836. 



CICONIAE. 

 CICONIIDAE. 



104. Mycteria AMERICANA Linne. 



Wood Ibis. 



Linne, Syst. nat., cd. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 140. "ix America 



CALIDIORE." 



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

 vol. 6, p. 64, pi. 361. 



Swamps and marshes; nests in trees. 



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



X. H. — Erroneously recorded for Glossy ibis. 



Vt. — Accidental visitor: pair in suftimer, about 1897, near 

 Burlington. 



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

 Seekonk, July 17, 1896. 



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



