Family IBIDIDiE. 



GLOSSY IBIS. Ibis falcinellus. 



Accideutal visitor^ formerly more common. Summer visitor to North 

 Africa, South Europe, Russian Turkestan, and South-west Siberia. Resi- 

 dent in Sind and Ceylon. Winter visitor to Africa^ the Malay Archipelago, 

 and Australia. 



SPOONBILL. Platalea leucorodia. 



Accidental visitor, a few breeding colonies in England still remaining 

 in the 17th centurv". Summer visitor to Europe and Siberia south of 

 lat. 50°. Resident in North Africa, India, Ceylon, North China, and 

 Japan. 



Suborder STEGANOPODES. 



Family SULID.^. 



GANNET. Sula bassana. 



Commou resident, but confined to about half a dozen breeding colonies. 

 Breeds also on rocky islands oft' the Canadian coast, Iceland, and the 

 Faroes, wandering in winter to the confines of the Tropics. 



Family PHALACROCORACID^. 



CORMORANT. Phalacrocorax carbo. 



Common resident. Summer visitor to Greenland and South Sibei'ia. 

 Resident on the east coast of Canada, Algeria, inland across Europe, North 

 India, Burma, the Malay Archipelago, Australia, Tasmania, and New 

 Zealand. Winter visitor to the coasts of tropical Africa and India. 



SHAG. Phalacrocorax graculus. 



Common resident on our rocky coasts. Breeds on the rocky coasts of 

 Iceland, Norway, France, Spain, Portugal, and on the rocky shores of the 

 Mediterranean. Does not wander far in winter. 



