416 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Ciconia maltha Miller. 



Ciconia maltha L. H, Miller, Univ. Calif. Publ., Bull. Dept. Geol., V, No. 

 30, Aug. 5, 1910, 440, figs. 1-7. 



Pleistocene: Carpinteria, and Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. 

 Subfamily MYCTERIINAE. Wood Ibises. 



Genus MYCTERIA Linnaeus. 



Mycteria Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 140. Type, by monotypy, 

 Myclcria amcricana Linnaeus. 



Mycteria americana Linnaeus. Wood Ibis. 



Mycteria americana Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 140. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, 

 California. 



SuPERFAMiLY THRESKIORNITHOIDEA. Ibises and Spoon- 

 bills. 



Family THRESKIORNITHIDAE. Ibises and Spoonbills. 

 Subfamily THRESKIORNITHINAE. Ibises. 



Genus PLEGADIS Kaup. 



Plegadis Kaup, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw., 1829, 82. Type, by 

 monotypy, Tantalus falcincllus Linnaeus. 



Plegadis guarauna (Linnaeus). White-faced Glossy Ibis. 



Scolopax Guarauna Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 242. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles* 

 California. 



Genus GUARA Reichenbach. 



Guara Reichenbach, Avium Syst. Nat., 1852 [1853], xiv. Type, by orig. 

 desig., Scolopax rubra Linnaeus. 



Guara alba (Linnaeus). White Ibis. 



Scolopax alba Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 145. 

 Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole Field, Florida. 



