TANTALll)^. 285 



Platalea flavipes. 



PlataJea flavipes, Gould, Proc. Zool. 8oc. 1837, p. 100. 

 Platihis flavijies, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 288 (1865). 



The Yellow-legged Spoonbill. 



Hah. Eastern and Southern Australia. 



1357. Sternum of male, with shoulder-girdle. 0. C. 1302 b. 

 From Clarence River, N. S. Wales. 



Presented hy Dr. E. P. Pamsaij. 



Family TANTALID^. 



Genus TANTALUS. 

 Linnceus, Syst. Xat. i. p. 240 (1766). 



TantaluS) sp. 

 1358. Skull. 0. 0. 1303 a. Stores, 1868. 



Genus PSEUDOTANTALUS. 



Ridgway, Proc. U.S. Xat. Mus. v. p. 550 (1882). 



Pseudotantalus ibis. 



Tantalus ibis, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 241 (1766); Heuglin, Orn. 

 Xordost-Afr. iii. p. 1129 (1870). 



The African Wood-Ibis. 



Hah. Africa. 

 1359. Skull. 0. V. 1303 Purchased, 



