FALCINELHT.S GLTAKAUNA— F. Til ALASSINUS. hlf) 



Family TANTALID.'E— Ibises. 

 Falcinellus guarauna. 



Bronzed Ibis. 



Scolojya.v guarauna, Ltnn., Syst. Naf., I, 17<!0, lil'J. 



Ibis (juaravna, PaDGWAY, Aiu. Nat., Feb., 1874, 110, 111.— Coxtes, Check List, 



Api)-, No. -145 bis.— Henshaw, 1875, 403. 

 "J&/.S ordii, BoNAP."— Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858, CS,". (exel. .syii.); Cat. K Am. B., 



1859, No. 500. 

 Ibhfalcinclluii var. onlii (\n\vt), CotTES, Key, 187^', 13(5:5 ; Clieck List, 1S7.'5, No. 415. 



The Bronzed Ibis was an abundant bird at Franklin Lake, in August 

 and September, but being witliout a boat we were unable to obtain speci- 

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

 Lilce the following species, fnmi which it may possibly not l)e distinct, it 

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

 "Black Snipe." 



Falcinellus thalassinus. 



Oi-ccBi Ibis. 



''Ibis guarauna, LiNN."— Baikd, Birds N. Am., ed. 18(50, pi. LXXXVii; Cat. N. Am. 



Birds, 1859, No. 500a. 

 Ibis thalassinus, Ridgway, Am. Nat., Feb., 1874, 110, 111.— CoUES, Cheek List, 



1873, App., No. 445, ter.— EIensiiaw, 1875, 4(54. 



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

 was first observed in September, at the Ilundjoldt Marshes, where it \\as 

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

 in tlocks composed of hundreds of individuals. They were generally seen 

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

 the water. At Oreana, about forty miles fnrth<'r up the river, they were 

 almost constantly seen passing back and f<M-th o\-er our camp b}- the river, 

 the flocks usually formed with a widely-extended front, but ofteuer 

 arranged in a V-shaped form. They flew cpiite low, rarel}- liigher tlian 

 fifty yards, and (pute swiftly; and at tliis distance a])i)eai-ed of a uniform 

 Idack color, and nmch like NamvntK^ loiif/in>siris in si/.e and form, whence 

 their common name. Only once was a ilock seen to alight at this locality, 



