5. NIPPONIA. ^^ ^ 



Nipponia, Reinhenb. Av. Si/st. Nat. p. xiv (1852) N. uippou. 



Range. Eastern Siberia, Corea, and the Japanese Islands, ex- 

 tending throughout the greater part of China. 



1. Nipponia nippon. 



Ibis nippon, Temm. PL Cul. v. pi. 551 (1835) ; id. ^ Sclil. Faun. Jap. 



p. 117, pi. 71 (1850); Blakidon, Ibis, 1862, p. 331 (Northern 



Japan); Sxoinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 318; id. Ibis, 1863, p. 410 



(Formosa) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ibis, p. 9 (1803) ; Stvinh. P. Z. S. 



1871, p. 411 (China in winter to Hainan) ; David, N. Arch. Vn. 



Bull. p. 12 (1871 : Pekin) ; Oust. op. cit. viii. p. 136 (1872) ; Sivi/th. 



Ibis, 1873, p. 249 (Ningpo) : id. Ibis, 1875, p. 455 (Hakodadij ; 



Tacz. J.f. 0. 1875, p. 256 (Mouth of Ussuri R., breeding) ; David 



Sf Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 453, pi. 110 (1877: Corea; Manchuria); 



Blakist. ^- Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 223 (Tokio Bay, Yezo, breeding) ; 



Blakist. Amended List B. Jap. p. 12 (1884) ; Seeb. B. Jap. Emp. 



p. 232 (1890) ; Styan, Ibis, 1891, pp. 327, 493 (Lower Yangtze, 



resident; Ningpo, breeding) ; Campbell, Ibis, 1892, p. 244 (Corea). 

 Gerontieus nippon, Grui/, List Grail. Brit. Mus. p. 91 (1844) ; id. 



Hand-l. B. iii. p. 40, no. 10232 (1871). 

 Nipponia temmincki, Reichenb. Av. Syst. Nat. p. xiv (1852) ; id. 



Grail. Taf. 141. fig. 538 (1851) ; Bonap. C. R. xl. p. 725 (1855). 

 Nipponia nippon, j&oMtt/j. Consp. ii. p. 152 (1855); Tacz. Bull. 8oc. 



Zool. France, i. p. 258 (1870) ; Stejn. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 272 



(1887 : Hondo ; Corea) ; Tacz. Mem. Imp. Acad. St. Petersb. (7) 



xxxix. p. 967 (1893). 

 Ibis (Gerontieus) nippon, Radde, Reis. Sibir. ii. p. 341 (1863: Kasat- 



kina, April). 

 Ibis sinensis, David, C. R. Ixxv. p. 64 (1872) ; Oust. Nouv. Arch. viii. 



Bidl. p. 129 (1872) ; David, Ann. Sc. Nat. (5) xix. Art. ix. y. 3 (1874) . 

 Ibis nippon, var. sinensis, David ^ Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 454, pi. 1 17 



(1877 : _S.E._ of Chekiang). 

 Ibis temmincki, Reichen. J.f. 0. 1877, p. 152. 



Adult. General colour above and below white, tinged with pinkish- 

 salmon colour on the quills and tail-feathers ; shafts of the primaries 

 somewhat more orange ; on the nape and neck some drooping white 

 plumes ; axillaries white, tinged with salmon colour, which is very 

 strongly shown on the inner aspect of the wing : " lores, forehead, 

 and chin orange-vermilion, the colour lighter on the chin, intensified 

 around the base of the bill ; eyelid golden yellow ; bill black, mottled 

 with red at the tips of both mandibles ; the nail yellow ; nasal 

 grooves red ; tarsi, toes, and naked tibine light red ; iris orange " 

 (P. L. Jouy). Total length 29 inches, culmen 6-1, wing 15-4, tail 

 6-2, tarsus 2-8. 



Young. With the plumage grey instead of white. 



Abbe David has separated the Chinese Ibis from that of Japan on 

 account of its grey plumage, which he considers to be a constant 



