t, u. c5' ad ; r. J 



ad. liiem. sk. 

 w. Ad. hiem. sk. 

 .(■. Juv. St. 



ij, 2. 6 ? ad. 



hiem. sk. 

 a'. Ad. hiem. sk. 

 //. $ ad. hiem. sk. 



e'. 2 juv. sk. 



il'- $ ad. Iiiem. sk. 



e'. tS ad. hiena. sk. 



/'. Ad. hiem. sk. 

 (/'. Ad. hiem. st. 



h'-k'. Ad. sestiv. 



sk. 

 I' . Juv. sk. 



m'. Skeleton. 



16. TLEGABIS. 



Corpus Christi, Oct., Dec. 



{F. B. Armstrong). 

 Mexico ( White). 

 Mexico. 



Presidio, Mexico, Jan., Feb. 



(A. Forrer). 

 Bueuos Ayres ( Withington). 

 La I'lata, Buenos Ayres, Nov. 



[E. W. White). 

 Punta Lara, Buenos Ayres, 



Feb. 26 [E. W. White). 

 Salta, Arg. Rep., Oct. 22 



{E. W. White). 

 Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul 



(Joyner). 

 Rio de Janeiro. 

 Valparaiso. 



Central Chili. 



Straits of Magellan {Capt. 



King). 

 Chili. 



37 



Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 John Tavlor, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



M. Hardy [C.]. 

 Sir W. iSurnett and 

 Admiral Fitzroy [P.]. 

 Berkeley James Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Purchased. 



3. Plegadis ridgwayi. 



Ibis ordi (nee Bp.), Tschndi 8j- Cab. Faun. Peruan. pp. 51, 298 (1845- 



■4(5: Peru). 

 Ibis falcinellus (nee L.), Scl. ^f Salr. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 156 (Tungu- 



saca). 

 Falcinellus igneus {nee Gm.), Scl.^-Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 126 



(1873, pt.). 

 Falcinellus ridgwavi, Allen, Bull. Mus. C. Z. iii. p. 355 (1876 : 



Lake Titicaca) ; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 506 ; Taczan. Orn. Perou, 



iii. p. 416 (1886: Junin). 

 Falcinellus ordi {nee Bp.), Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 562. 



Adult male. General colour above glossy purple, with greenish 

 reflections, the wing-coverts almost entirely metallic grass-green, 

 the bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and primaries dark steel-green ; 

 the secondaries more purplish, like the back and scapulars ; tail 

 dark green, with purplish reflections ; head and neck all round dull 

 reddish brown, with no white on the forehead; the hind-neck more 

 dusky, and merging into the purple of the back ; the entire under 

 surface of body from the fore-neck downwards purplish black ; the 

 under wing-coverts, axillaries, lower aspect of quills, and tail- 

 feathers glossy green, with purplish reflections : " bill reddish 

 slate-colour ; legs and toes black ; iris crimson lake " {If. Whitehj). 

 Total length 22 inches, culmen 5, wing 11-3, tail 4*4, tarsus 3'6. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but smaller. Total length 

 18-5 inches, culmen 3-4, wing 10-4, tail 4-1, tarsus 2-5. 



Winter ph(ina;/e. Possesses all the bright colours of the adult, 

 except on the head and neck, which are heavily streaked with white 

 and blackish brown. 



