322 cicoNiiD^. 



Nvttimj, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 407 (1882 : Costa Rica) ; 

 Beldimj, t. c. pp. 545, 648 (Lower California); Ridgw. t. c. p. 550 ; 

 Nutting, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 379 (1883 : Nicaragua) ; 

 Perlepsc/i, Ibis, 1884, p. 439 (Angostura) ; Barroivs, Auk, i. p. 272 

 (1884 : Entrerios) ; Baird, Brewer, ^- Ridgic. Water-Birds N. 

 Amer. i. p. 81 (1884) ; Tacz. <§• Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 119 (Baba- 

 lioyo) ; Drew, Auk, ii. p. 18 (1885 : Colorado) ; Fisher, t. c. 

 p. 221 (New York); Goss, t. c. p. 311 (Kansas) ; Ferrari Perez, Proc. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 171 (1886: Vera Cruz) ; A. O. U. Checklist 

 N. Amer. B. p. 133 (1886) ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, iii. p. 414 (1886) ; 

 Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 171 (British Guiana) ; Scott, Attk, iii. p. 385 

 (1886 : Arizona) ; Coo2)er, Avk, iv. p. 90 (1887 : Ventura Co., 

 California) ; Cory, t. c. p. 320 ; Ridqio. Man. N. Amer. B. p. 125 

 (1887); Beckh. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. pp. 636, 648 (1888: 

 Bexar Co., Texas) ; Sd. ^- Huds. Arg. Orn. ii. p. 108 (1889) ; Scott, 

 Auk, vi.p. 16 (1889: Florida, resident) ; Bverm. t. c. p. 186 (Indi- 

 ana) ; Pindar, t c. p. 312 (Kentucky) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1889, p. 376 

 (Cozumel Isl.) ; Cory, B. West Ind. p. 241 (1889) ; id. Cat. B. 

 West Ind. p. 89 (1892) ; Graha7n Kerr, Ibis, 1S92, p. 145 (Pil- 

 comayo); Scott, Auk, ix. p. 9 (1892: Jamaica), p. 211 (Florida) ; 

 Hasbrouck, At/k, x. p. 91 (1893; Washington, D.C.) ; Brimley, 

 t. c. p. 243 (N. Carolina); Duteher, t. c. p. 266 (Long. Isl.) ; Wayne, 

 t. c. p. 337 (Suwanee R.); Richmond, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. 

 p.527 (1894 : Nicaragua) ; Aj)lin, Ibis, 1894, p. 199 (Arroyo Grande 

 Uruguay, breeding); Wayne, Auk, xii. p. 364 (1895: Florida 

 breeding) ; A. O. U. Check-list N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 69 (1895' 

 Ruig7v. Man. N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 125 (1896) ; Bruner, Rep 

 Nebr. Hoi-tic. Soc. 1896 (Nebra^^ka), teste Oiapman, Auk, xiii. 

 p. 245; Bretvster, Auk, xiii. p. 341(1896: Bristol Co., Massa- 

 chusetts) ; Palmer, Auk, xiv. p. 208 (1897 : Virginia & Maryland). 



Le Curicaca de Cayenne, D'Aubent. PI. Enl. viii. pi. 868. 



Wood Ibis, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 104 (1785) ; Nuttall, Man. 

 N. Amer. B. ii. p. 82 (1840). 



Cangui, Azara, Ajmnt. iii. p. 122 (1803). 



Ibis nandapoa, Vieill. N. Diet. d^Hist. Nat. xvi. p. 20 (1817) ; id 

 Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1149 (1823). 



Tantalus plumicollis, Spi.v, Av. Bras. ii. pi. Ixxxv. (1824). 



Tantalops locvdator, Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 653 (1884). 



Adult male. General colour above pure white, including the wing- 

 coverts and inner secondaries ; bastard- wing, primary-coverts, and 

 quills black, with a bronzy-green gloss ; tail-feathers black, glossed 

 with purplish or bronzy green ; head and neck all round bare ; 

 remainder of under surface of body from the fore-neck downward 

 pure white, including the under wing-coverts and axillaries, which 

 have a rich tinge of creamy buff: " head and upper part of neck 

 bare and of a livid bluish colour, tinged with yellowish on the fore- 

 head : bill yellowish ; legs blue, becoming blackish on the toes, and 

 tinged with yellow on the webs"(£'. Coues); "iris deep brown" 

 (./. J. Audubo7i). Total length 42 inches, ciilmen 9*4, wing 19"7, 

 tail 6-2, tarsus 8'3. 



Young. Greyer than the adult, the head and neck feathered, the 

 feathers on the nape and hind-neck dusky brown. 



Hab. Southern United States to South America as far as 

 Argentina. Accidental in the Central and Eastern United States. 



