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bare front of the head and throat, the remainder of the bill and 
the feet are red. The former, of more eastern range, strays to the 
southern United States, the latter occurring farther north, and 
breeding in Florida. Lampribis olivacea of West Africa is coppery 
olive-green, with buff centres to the feathers of the loose occipital 
crest and under parts, the wings being more metallic, and the 
naked forehead and loral region black. The bill and feet are red. 
Plegadis faleinellus, the Glossy Ibis, which occasionally visits 
Britain, is found irregularly in Northern Europe and commonly in 
the south, extending through most of Asia and North Africa, and 
migrating as far as Australia and Natal. It also occurs in the 
South-Eastern United States and the West Indies. The head, 
neck, mantle, and lower surface are chestnut, the remaining parts 
purplish-green and bronzy, with bare greenish lores and blackish 
bill and feet; P. guarauna, which represents the genus from the 
Western and Southern United States and the Hawaiian Islands to 
Patagonia, having red lores, white feathers round the beak, and at 
times red bill and feet. P. ridgwayi of Peru and Chili is purplish- 
black below, with reddish-grey bill and black feet. Cercibis oxycerca, 
found from Colombia to Upper Amazonia, is dark olive-green with 
a little purple and blue gloss, the naked face and throat being 
pinkish and the bill and feet yellowish. The crest is slight, while 
a line of feathers ascends the throat. Lophotibis cristata, confined 
to Madagascar, is reddish-chestnut, with white wings, blue-green 
tail, and an enormous crest combining all three colours; the bill 
is greenish, the feet and the bare orbital region are red. Phimosus 
infuscatus, ranging from Colombia to Argentina, is bronzy-green 
with purple reflexions, the feet, bill, and face being pink, with 
papillae on the forehead and cheeks. The slightly crested Harpi- 
prion cayennensis, occurring from Panama to South Brazil, is 
similarly coloured, but has greenish-grey bill, feet, and naked skin 
on the lores, chin, and sides of the throat.  MJolybdophanes 
caerulescens of Brazil and Argentina is greyish-green with dark 
bluish remiges, grey-brown crown, nuchal crest and lower parts, 
white frontal band, naked black chin and warty lores, black bill 
and yellow feet. Zheristiews caudatus of Guiana is greenish- 
brown, with orange-buff head and neck, blackish under parts, and 
partially white wing-coverts ; the papillose lores, upper throat, and 
orbits being naked and black, and a whitish tuft adorning the 
chin. The bill is black with greenish tip, and the feet are red. 
