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FAMILY III— IBIDID^. 



GLOSSY \V>Y^—{Plegadis falcifiellus; formerly, 

 Ibis falcincllus). 



This visitor has been met with in lato years, even 

 in some numbers. There was one about the moors in 

 this district thirty-four or thirty-five years since, which 

 I saw myself and heard of as seen in the same neigh- 

 bourhood by others ; and about the same time I 

 noticed that birds of the same species had been 

 observed in several other parts of Yorkshire and 

 elsewhere. Still it is only a visitor, and a casual 

 one. 



FAMILY IV.— PLATALEID.^. 



WHITE SPOON-BILL— (P/^/^/^'a leucorodia). 



A bird which is said to have bred in former days in 

 our country, but whicli has certainly become, for a 

 long time past, a mere visitor, and not a frequent one. 



ORDER.— ODONTOGLOSS^. 

 FAMILY.— PH<J^:N ICOPTERID JE 



FLAMINGO — {Phocnicopterus roseus). 



Strange as it may seem, at least three occurrences 

 of this remarkable bird in our country have been re- 

 corded. 



