LAMELLIROSTRES. 287 



1364. Sternnm of male, with rioht coracoid, scapula, and fnrcnla. 



C^larcnce River [E. P. Bnmsaif). S. S, 1G<;)8. 



Presented h;i P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.P.S. 



Genus GUARA. 

 Eeichenbach, Sj'st. Av. 1852, p. xiv. 



Guara rubra. 



Tantalus ruber, LinnD3us, Syst. Nat. i. p. 241 (1766). 

 Guara rubra, A. 0. U. Check-1. N. Araer. B. p. 132 (1886). 



The Scarlet Ibis. 



Hub. Northern shores of South America, extending to Cen- 

 tral America and the West Indies. 



1365. Mandibles, with horny sheath. 0. G. 1295. 



From the British Museum. 



Genus FALCINELLUS. 



Vieillot, Analyse, p. 47 (1816). 



Falcinellus falcinellus. 



Tantalus fahinellus, Linnasus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 241 (1766). 

 Falcinellus ic/neiis, Gould, Handb, B. Austr. ii. p. 286 (1865). 



The Glossy Ibis. 



Hab. Australia. 



1366. Sternum of male, with right coracoid, scapula, and furcula. 



Port Denison, Queensland (^F. P.Pamsai/). S. S. 1687. 

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



Order III. LAMELLIROSTEES. 



[C/. Scebohm, Classif. B. p. 20.] 



A. Palate desmognathous. 



B. Young, when hatched, covered with down, and able to run 



in a few hours. 



