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Vicente, Uruguay, wood ibis were fairly common on January 31, 

 1921, and an immature male was taken. Here they ranged in bands 

 of 10 to 20 individuals, often accompanied by a roseate spoonbill or 

 two, that rested in open grassy areas adjoining shallow rush-grown 

 lagoons. They were wary, but under cover of rushes I crept within 

 40 meters of one flock and lay for a time watching them as they 

 rested motionless or preened their feathers. At a sudden alarm 

 they rose in confusion, and I killed one that I had singled out in 

 advance. When flocks were flushed they usually sailed and flapped 

 for a time in narrow circles a hundred meters above the earth and 

 then flew on to some safer resting place. 



On Februar}^ 2 a flock -uas observed in a baiiado near the Arroyo 

 Sarandi; 30 miles northwest of San Vicente, and from February 6 

 to 9 scattered individuals were seen near Lazcano. The wood ibis 

 was known locally as fraile. 



The specimen secured still shows traces of the nestling down on 

 the nape and the back of the neck. In this species neck feathers of 

 the Juvenal plumage often burst the sheaths near the base, while the 

 tip is still inclosed in a corneous case so that the tips of the feathers 

 appear as though waxed. 



EUXENURA GALATEA (Molina) 

 Ardea Galatea Molina, Sags. Stor. Nat. Chili, 1782, p. 235. (Chile.) 



In Molina's account of the birds of Chile there are two composite 

 names that refer in part to the present species and in part apparently 

 to the egret {G asmerodius) . The first of these, Ardea galatea (p. 

 235), is described as "di color di latte col becco giallo lungo quattro 

 pollici, e le gambe crem fine ; queste gambe, come pure il collo, hanno 

 due piedi, e sette pollici di altezza," while the Latin diagnosis, in a 

 footnote, says "Ardea occipite subcristato, corpore lacteolo, rostro 

 luteo, pedibus coccineis." The length of bill cited is too short for 

 Euxenura and nothing is said of black in the wings, but in general 

 color of feathers and legs and in size this can fit only the stork, and 

 the name is here taken for that species, Tantalus pillus of the same 

 work (p. 243) is also a composite, but here again general size and 

 color of body are those of Euxenura^ while length of bill and color 

 of legs are those of Gasmerodius. Both names seem more applicable 

 to Euxenura and are here accepted for that bird, a course that 

 obviates necessity for change in the name of the egret. 



The Maguari stork was common through the Chaco as far north 

 as the Territory of Formosa, but was not observed in Paraguay. 

 From Garabate, Santa Fe, northward to Charadai, Chaco, many 

 were seen from the train on July 5, 1920. Single individuals were 



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