20 



liiKHS ()/■ /"///:' //.iii:i//J.v (:r(UT. 



face (lull (lark iniibur, the feathers edged or barred wilh wliitish; rump dusky l)lack; 

 abdouien and under tail coverts white. luiud/c: Black extends farther down on the 

 side of the head and neck; bill and feet black. Lengtli about 23.00, wing 15.00, bill 

 1.75, tarsus 3.00, toe 3.25, tail 6.75. Hah. Hawaii. 



35. N. sandvicensis (N'n,.). Hawaiian Goose, Nene. 



Order HHRUDIONES.-Htroiis, Ibises, Etc. 



Fanii/irs. 



a. Bill ttiiich cur'i'cd, long and with nasal groove, linear and produced almost to 

 the tip of the bill. (Snb-order /hides.) Kill almost cylindrical, slender and narrower 

 than deep towards the tip, and curved downward for nearly the whole length. 



(Page 20.) Ibididae. 



aa. Bill prailicallr slraiolil; sides of upper mandible withoxit anv groove; hind 

 toe inserted on a level with the anterior ones; the middle toe with its claw pectinate 

 (toothed) on the inner edge (vSub-order J fciodii )\ \n\\ lance-shaped or compressed 

 and pointed ( Page 21.) Arde idae. 



Famii.v IBID'ID^.— Ibisks. 



(, I'll IIS. 



.'\nterior aspect of the tarsus plated; head never more than moderatel\- crested 

 and not verv noticeable; chin, lores and base of cheeks bare, but the latter feathered to 

 bevond the anterior line of the eve; claw of the middle toe nearlv straight. Head of 

 the adult wholl}- feathered except lores . ( Page 20. ) Pleg'adis. 



Gknts PI^EG'ADIS K \rp. 



Adult with head, neck and lower portions uniformlv chestnut; upper parts 

 metallic green bronze and purple, most brilliant on upper surface of wings and tail; 

 lores lake-red in lilt\ turning brown in skin, or somewhat reddish brown; feathers s/ii- 

 raiiiidiiiii the hase a I the lull ichite. Wniiio: With lower parts grevish brown. Length 

 about 19.00-26.00, wing 9.30-10.80, culmen 3.75-6.00, tarsus 3.00-4.40, middle toe 

 2.10-2.85. Hah. Tropical America in general, west coast from Lower California to 

 Oregon. Hawaiian Islands."' ( No specimen in Museum.) 



36. P. gruarauna (Lixx.) White-faced Glossy Ibis. 



'9 Professor llngham informs iiit that si.cciiiieii ■■found on Molokai, which the natives said was a ■nialihini^ or stranger, and portions of 



which were placed in the collection of the society ■ (Dole. Hawaiian .Annual, 1S79. p. 41) was one taken by himself from a flock of five 



during September or Odtober. 1S65. The ■■fragments" were subsequently sent to Professor Baird at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 

 IJ. C. and have since been lost track of. Professor llrigham has since satisfied himself that the specimen was Plei^aiiii. This record, taken 

 in connecftion with the immature bird collected by Mr. Knudsen on Kauai in 1S72. seems to confirin Mr. Kidgway^s belief that I*, iinavatnm is 

 an accidental visitor to the islands from the west coast of America. 



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