ROSEATE SPOONBILL 125 
On two or three occasions I have seen as many as 
half a dozen individuals together; at other times I 
have seen one or two associating with the Glossy 
Ibis. 
Azara’s name, “‘ Shaved”’ Ibis, seems well enough 
in Spanish, just as his ‘ Throat-cut ” for a Starling 
with a scarlet throat does not strike one as at all 
shocking in that language; but for an English name 
I fancy that ‘‘ Whispering Ibis,”” from the whisper- 
like sound the bird emits, would be more suitable, 
or at all events better sounding. 
It is possible that two races of this Ibis exist on 
the South American continent; for in Brazil and 
further north it is said to have a loud cry, uttered 
when taking wing, as in the case of the Glossy Ibis ; 
and one of its native names in the tropics—curri- 
curri—is said to be an imitation of its usual note. 
ROSEATE SPOONBILL 
Ajaja rosea 
Head bare; neck, back, and breast white; tail orange-buff with 
the shafts deep pink; rest of plumage pale rose-pink; lesser wing- 
coverts and upper tail-coverts intense carmine; neck with a tuft of 
twisted plumes, light carmine; head greenish, space round the eye 
and gular sac orange; eyes crimson, feet red; length 30, wing 15 
inches, Female similar. Young with head completely feathered. 
THE Roseate Spoonbill is found in both Americas 
and ranges south to the Straits of Magellan, but in 
Patagonia it is, I think, rare, for on the Rio Negro I 
