10. PLEGADIS. 



29 



point on the throat ; under wing-coverts and axillaries black, with 

 a purple gloss : " bill and naked face clear flesh-colour in life, the 

 gape and region of the eye darker, the bill yellowish, with lio-ht 

 brown tip ; feet fleshy yellow " (Burvieiste)-). Total length about 

 64: inches, culmen (i-.3, wing 16, tail 11, tarsus 2-8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length about 34 inches 

 culmen 0, wing 15-0, tail 10-5, tarsus 2-75. . 



Hah. The same as that of the genus. 



o. d ad. sk. Rupurumi River, British Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll 



April L>.") (H. Whitelif). 

 h. 2 ad. sk. Aunai, British Guiana, Aug, G Salvin-Godman Coll 



(H, l\ .). 



c. $ad. sk. Forte do Rio Branco, April 10 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(J. batterer). 



d. Ad. sk. Interior of Colombia (Croivther). Salvin-Godman Coll 



e. Ad. sk. te. America. Old Coll. 



16. PLEGADIS. 



Plegadis, Kuup, Natiirl S^.t. p. 8i' (1829) P. faSellus. 



Tantahdes, Uar,ler Isis,\m2, p. 1231 R falcinellus. 



1816 ^^' ' ^' ^®^^'P- ^'' ("^^ ^'■"■^^• 



r,, J ^ '•' ' 'n' \' ' ' \l P- falcinellus. 



Plegadorms, Brehm. ^aum. 1855, p. 290 P. falcinellus. 



i?an5re. Nearly the whole of the temperate portions of the Old 

 and New AVorlds, extending to Africa, India, and Australia, as well 

 as South America. 



Key to tlie Species. 



a. With no streaks of whitish on the head and 



^ neck. (Adults in summer plumage.) 



a'. Under surface of body deep "" rufous or 



cliesnut-brown, as also the head and neck 



mantle, and scapulars. ' 



«". With no white mark on the forehead 



and fore part of cheeks and chin ; lores 



blackish in skin, greenish in life falcbielhi. p. 29. 



t> . With a white band across the forehead, 

 behind the eye, joining on the chin: 

 lores reddish in skin, carmine-red in 

 life .... .T , 



1/ TT ] „ ;.■ • quaruana, p. 34. 



6. Under surface purplish black; head and 

 neck reddish brown, not extending to the 



scapulars or mantle ridnwaxii d "" 



h. With the head and neck streaked with whirish! ^ > P- ^' • 



(Young birds or adults in winter plumage.) 



1. Plegadis falcinellus. 



Le Courly verd, Bris^. Oni. y. p. 326, pi. 27. fig. 2 (1760) 



Lie Loui'Iy marron, Briss. t. c. p. 3-59 



Tantalus felcinellus, Linn. Syst. .\a(. \. p. 241 (1766) ; Gm. Syst. Nut. 



1. p. 04o (1/ Co). 



Courly d'ltalie, Daubent. Pi JSnl. viii. pi. SI 9. 



