54 RESIDENTS AND MIGRANTS. 
Fam. TAN TA LID: 
GLOSSY IBIS. bis falcinellus (Gmelin). 
Formerly seen often enough in England to be known 
to gunners and fishermen as the Black Curlew*; but 
now a rare visitant, generally appearing in autumn. 
Fam. PLATALEID &. 
SPOONBILL. Platalea leucorodia, Linneus. 
Formerly resident, now only an occasional visitant. 
According to Sir Thomas Brownef, this bird used to 
nest at Claxton and Reedham in Norfolk, and at 
Trimley in Suffolk. 
Pam: C1 CO Nuwar 
WHITE STORK. Ciconia alba, Bechstein. 
An irregular visitant to England, rarer in Scotland, 
and has been once procured in Ireland. 
Fam. GRUID &. 
COMMON CRANE. Grus cinerea, Bechstein. 
According to Ray, and Willughby, the Crane was 
formerly resident in the British Islands. Turner 
says { ‘“‘ Earum pipiones ipse seepissime vidi.” Leslie 
* Lubbock’s ‘ Fauna of Norfolk’ (1845), p. 54. 
y Sir Thomas Browne’s Works (Wilkin’s ed.), vol. iv. p: 315. 
+ Historia Avium, 1548. 
