54 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



HERODIONES. IBIDES. 



IBIDIDAE. 



Ibis falcincUus 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 May of 1850 

 and 1878. 



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

 ford (5 specimens) about 1836. 



CICONIAE. 

 CICONIIDAE. 



104. Mycteria Americana 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. 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 summer, about 1897, near 

 Burlington. 



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

 Seekonk, July 17, 1896. 



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



