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Geuus PLEGADIS, Kaiip. 

 Plegadis falcinellus {Linn.). 



Ibis falcinellus, Thitn. Fortjifanz. ges. Voy. tab. Ixviii. fig. 4, a-c (1845— 

 54) ; Baedeker, Eier Ew: Voff. tab. 60. fig. 2 (1855-(J3) ; Hewitson^ 

 Eqgs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 321, pi. Ixxxvi. (1850); Seebuhvi, Brit^ 

 Birds, ii. p. 520. pi. 38 (1884) ; id. Egys of Brit. Birds, p. 67^ 

 pi. 17. fig. 6 (1896). 



Plegadis falcinellus, Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p, 335 (1878) ; Leyye, Birds 

 Ceylon, p. 1109 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^- Egys Ind. B. iii. 

 p. 231 (1890); l^harpe. Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 29 (1898); id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 187 (1899). 



The eggs of the Glossy Ibis are usually of a narrow and blunt 

 oval form, sometimes eUiptical or biconical. Many specimens 

 possess a very slight amount of gloss, others are gloss-less. They 

 are of a plain blue colour, those taken in India being of a darker 

 tint than those taken in Europe. They measure from 1*8 to 2*25 

 in length, and from 1-3 to 1'55 in breadth. 



Plegadis gxiarauna (Linn.). 

 (Plate V. fig. 7.) 



Ibis falcinellus (wfc Litm.), Hudson, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 799. 



Plegadis guarauna. Boird. Brewer ^- Riclyw. Water Birds N. Avi. i. 



p. 97 (1884) ; Scl. S,- Hvds. Aryevt. Orn. ii. p. 109 (1889) ; Jame.s, 



Aew List Chiiian Birds, p. 8 (1892); Holland, Ibis, 1896, p. 318; 



<S7(o?-/;c. Cat. Birds B. M. xxaI. p. 34 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 187 



(1899). 



The eggs of the White-faced Glossy Ibis closely resemble those 

 of the foregoing species, their colour being of the same dark blue 

 tint as the eggs of the latter species taken in India. They measure 

 from 1"7 to 2-1 5 in length, and from 1-3 to 1-55 in breadth. 



12. Argentine Republic, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



1. Chile. Old Collection. 



Chile. E. C. Reed, Esq. [P.]. 



Central Chile, Nov. Berkeley James Coll. 



Central Chile. Nov. Berkeley James Coll. 



Central Chile, Nov. Berkeley James Coll. 



Central Chile, Nov. Berkelev James Coll. 



