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have been known to stray to Surrey, Berkshire, Hertford- 

 shire, and other inland counties. 



In Ireland the Glossy Ibis has occurred either singly or 

 in small flocks, generally in autumn or early winter, in the 

 southern counties of Waterford and Cork, and, more rarely, 

 in Wexford, Dublin, King's County, and Longford ; also 

 once in Belfast ; but it has not yet been recorded from the 

 western side of the island. 



This species has been known to straggle to Iceland, the 

 Fseroes, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and the Baltic pro- 

 vinces ; but its occurrence to the north of about 50° N. lat. 

 can only be considered accidental. Southwards it becomes 

 more common, and it is believed to breed in the Camargue, 

 near the mouth of the Rhone, as it undoubtedly does in 

 the marshes of the south of Spain. To the islands of the 

 Mediterranean and the countries washed by that sea, it is a 

 regular migrant ; but its principal breeding-places in Europe 

 are in the marshes of Slavonia, Hungary, the valley of the 

 Danube, and South Russia, from the Black Sea to the 

 Caspian. Eastward it has been found in suitable localities 

 in Asia, as far as 48° N. lat. ; and it is known to breed in 

 Sind and in Ceylon. Other parts of India are visited by it 

 in winter, at which season it also appears to range from 

 Burmah, through the Eastern Archipelago, to South Aus- 

 tralia. It nests in suitable localities in North Africa, and 

 occurs in winter and on its migrations, in Egypt, Nubia, 

 Kordofan, and Abyssinia. On the east side it is said to 

 have been found as far south as Natal ; also in Madagascar ; 

 but Messrs. Sharpe and Layard do not mention it as occur- 

 ring in Cape Colony, in their ' Birds of South Africa ' ; and 

 on the west it has not been traced south of Benguela. 



In North America, according to Messrs. Baird, Brewer, 

 and Ridgway, this same species occurs sparingly from New 

 England to Nevada, where it has been found breeding ; it 

 is also said to breed in Florida, and to visit Mexico, Cuba, 

 and the Bermudas ; there is, however, a little uncertainty 

 as to whether some of these records may not refer to the 

 representative species on the American Continent, Plegadis 



