PLATALEID^. 1 0& 



Genus EUDOCIMUS, Wacjler. 

 Eudocimus albus (Linn.). 



Ibis alba, Thien. Forfpjlanz. (jes. T'or/. tab. Ixviii. fig. 2, a, b (1845-54). 

 Eudocimus albus, Baird, Brewpr Sf Ridgio. Water Birds N. Am. i. p. 89' 



(1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 39 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. i. 



p. 188 (1899). 



The eggs of the American White Ibis are of a blunt oval forra 

 approaching the elliptical, and they have no gloss. The four ex- 

 amples in the Collection vary considerably in coloration. Three 

 have a greyish-white ground. Of these, one is marked equally all 

 over with spots and small blotches of reddish brown and underlying 

 purple, the markings of this latter colour being extremely numerous 

 and prominent. The other two are marked with umber-brown and 

 pale rufous, the markings at the broad end being large, confluent, 

 and forming a dense cap in one specimen, some large patches in 

 the other. A fourth specimen is of a light huffish green, marked 

 with large blotches of umber-brown which coalesce at the larger 

 end. These four examples measure respectively : 2'12 by 1*45 ; 

 2-19 by 1-47; 2-18 by 1-4; 2-1 by 1-5. 



1, North America. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



1. North America (Henshaic Coll.). Salvin-CTodmau Coll. 



2. North America {S7>iiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Family PLATALEID^. 



Genus PLATALEA, Liim. 



Platalea leucerodia, Linn. 



Platalea leucerodia, I'him. Furtyiflatiz. yes. Voy. tab. Ixviii. fig. C, a-f 

 (1840-54); Baedeker, Bier Bur. Voy. tab. 36. fig. 3 (1855-63); 

 Hexoitsmi, E(/(isof Brit. Birds, ii. p. 3i'0, pi. Ixxxv. (1866) ; Dresser, 

 Birds Bur. vi". p. 319 (187."!) ; Legye, Birds Ceylon, p. 1096 (1880); 

 Seehohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 514, pi. .S7 (1884); Gates ed. Hume, 

 Nests .y Eqi/s Ind. B. iii. p. 217 (1890) : Sharpe. Ibis, 1891, p. 112 ; 

 Seebohm. Eyys of Brit. Birds, p. 6(). pi. 18. figs. 2, 3 (1896). 



Platalea leucerodia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. xxvi. p. 44 (1898) ; id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 188 (1899). 



The eggs of the Spoonbill are typically of nn elongated, pointed 

 shape, but some are biconical and a few are s])heroidal. The shell 

 is rather coarse and without gloss. Tbe ground is white, frequently 

 tinged with yellow, and this is marked with spots, blotches, and 

 smudges of yellowish brown, reddish brown, dark brown, or black. 

 In some specimens the markings are evenly distributed over the 



