FALCINELLUS GUAllAUNA— F. TIIALASSINUS. G15 



Family TANTALIDJi;— luibEs. 

 Falcinellus guarauna. 



Bronzed Ibis. 



Scolopax guarauna, Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 17GG, 242. 



Ibis guarauna, lliDGWAY, Am. Nat., Feb., 187-1, 110, 111.— CouES, Clieck List, 



App., No. 415 bis. — Henshaw, 1875, •10.'?. 

 "7i»(s ordii, Bonap."— Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858, 085 (excl. sjn.); Cat. N. .\mi. B., 



1859, No. 500. 

 Ibis fakineUm var. onlii (part), CoUES, Key, 1872, 2G.'i ; Clieck Li.st, 187.'5, No. 445. 



The Bronzed Ibis was an abundant bird at Franklin Lake, in Au<^ust 

 and September, but being without a boat we were unable to obtain speci- 

 mens ; a few were also seen at the Great Salt Lake in May and June. 

 Like the following- species, from which it may possibly not be distinct, it 

 is known to the inhabitants of the country us the "Black Curlew," or 

 "Black Snipe." 



FALCDfELLUS THALASSINUS. 

 Green lbi«. 



"IMs guarauna, Linn."— Baird, Birds N. Am., ed. 18G0, pi. Lxxxvn; Gat. N. Am. 



Birds, 1859, No. 500a. 

 Ibis thalassinus, RiDGWAY, Am. Nat., Feb., 1874, 110, HI. — CouES, Check List, 



1873, App., No. 445, ter.— Uensuaw, 1875, 4G4. 



This bird, known locally as the "Black Curlew," or "Black Snipe," 

 was first observed in September, at the Humboldt Marshes, where it was 

 one of the most abundant of the water-birds, since it sometimes occurred 

 in flocks composed of hundreds of individuals. They were generall}' seen 

 about the margin of the pools, standing in a single line along the edge of 

 the water. At Oreana, about forty miles farther up the river, they were 

 almost constantly seen passing l)ack and forth over our cam]) by the river, 

 the flocks usually formed with a widely-extended front, l)iit oftener 

 arranged in a V-shaped form. They flew quite low, rarel}' higher than 

 fifty yards, and cpiite swiftly ; and at this distance appeared of a uniform 

 black color, and much like Numenin.s louifirostri.s in size and tnriii, whence 

 their connnon name. Only once was a Hock seen to alight at this locality, 



