FAMILY IBIDID.'E. IBISES. 



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FAMILY IBIDID/E. 



Ibises. 



Bill, long, rather slender, and decidedly curved downward ; tarsus, 

 always less than five inches long ; toes, four, all on the same level, no comb= 

 like edyje on side of middle toe nail; wing, from 8.50 to 13 inches long. 



Wing, less than 10.50 inches long. 



Oeiieral pluniiiiio, purplisli i-hestnut, showiiii^- purplish rcllcL-tion- nii head, mid i^rccni-h 

 oil wiiiii's ; axillai-s and under wini? coverts, piirplisli l)roii/.e; feathers, bordering base of 

 bill, whitish. rJc(jadis ffiKn-aiom. White=faced Qlossy ibis. 



General plnniaii^e, dark chesiuut ; feathers, at base of bill, not white. 



I'lcyiidis ((ti/iiininilis. (jlossy Ibis. 



, • See \n. 1 \-2. 



(ieneral pluniaire. wliiie; primaries, l)]aekish ( adult ). Guam <ill;,. While Ibis. 



See No. 1 |{». 

 (ii'inra! piuniai^e. hrowuis',! or i:;rayisli, uHcm mhiii' oi- less mixed lu'owii, ^jray and wlnli': 

 rump, white (inunature). Hn.n-ii nVxi. V^■hite Ibis. 



S,T No. 1 Id. 



(Jeneral plumaj^e, scarii't. 'Th- vouiiir ."^earlri IM- ^omcuiial n-^i-mldes tin' yonni; \N Idle 

 lliis. hut diflers in havinir 'li" rump not \vhit<'. diKini r\il>r<i. Scarlet Ibis. 



See No. III. 



