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States, casually to New England and S. Dakota ; W. to Utah and Lower California ; resident in 

 Florida. Breeds in communities by thousands in tangle and brake and tule of the south coast ; 

 nest similar to that above described, but of twigs, etc. Eggs 3-5, 2.25 X 1.00, dull chalky 

 winte, blotched and spotted with pale yellowish and dark reddish-brown. (Eudocimus albus 

 of 2d-4th eds. of Key ; Guam alba, A. O. U. No. 184.) 



G. ru'bra. (Lat. red.) Scarlet Ibis. Adult ^ ? : Plumage scarlet ; tips of several outer 

 primaries glossy black. Bare parts of head, bill, and legs pale lake-red. Young : Brownish- 



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(From Brehm.) 



gray, darker above, paler or whitish below. Size and proportions nearly as in alba. This 

 splendid bird, wliose feathers are prized by anglers for making Hies, is a native of Tropical 

 America: casual or very rare in the U. S. (Seen at a distance, not procured, Louisiana, July, 

 1821, Audubon; fragment of a specimen examined, Los Pinos, N. AL, on the Rio Grande, June, 

 1864, Coues; "Florida," si)ecimen in Museum of Charleston College, S. C., Brewster: Wet 

 Mts., Colorado, May, 187(5, W. P. Loice, Auk, 1804, p. :324 ; W. W. Cooke, Bull. 37, Agric. 

 VnW. of Colorado, 18!»7, j). (iO. But the Arkan.><aw River record in Auk, July, 18i»7, p. 31«). is a 

 mistake. "A small Hock" is re])orted from old l'^)rt Lowell, Arizona, //. Brown, Auk. July, 

 JSDO, p. 27(1.) Eiidocimi's ruber of 2d-4th eds. of Key ; Guam rubra, A. 0. U. No. [185]. 



