280 HERODIONES. 



Family IBIDID^. 



Genus GERONTICUS. 



Wagler, Tsis, 1832, p. 1232. 

 Geronticus, sp. 



1360. Skeleton (described as J)fii,men.ius arcuatus, Cat. p. 242). 



0. C. 1293. South Collection. 



1361. Skull. 0. C. Io03 D. ' Stores, 1868. 



Genus CARPHIBIS. 

 Reichenbach, Natiirl. Syst. Vog. p. xiv (18.52). 



Carphibis spinicoUis. 



Ibis spmicollis, Jameson, Ediab. New Phil. Journ. xxxvii. p. 213. 

 Carphibis sjjinicollis, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 282 (1865). 



The Straw-necked Ibis. 



Ifah. Australia and South Coast of New Guinea. 



1368. Skull. New South Wales. O.C. 1303 c. [Longitudinally 

 bisected ; one half exhibited in Separate Series.] 



Presented hi/ Dr. E. P. Pamsay. 



1363. Sternum of female, with right coracoid and scapula. 

 Clarence River {E. P. Pamsay). S. S. 909. 



Presented hy P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.R.S. 



Genus IBIS. 

 Lacepede, Mem. I'lnst. iii. p. .518 (1801). 



Ibis strictipennis. 



ibis strictipennis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 106. 

 Thresl-iornis strictipennis, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. ji. 284 

 (1865). 



The Australian Sacred Ibis. 



II<xh. Australia. 



