GLOSSY IBIS 
186. Plegadis autumnalis. 25 in. 
Like the next, which is our common species, but with 
the feathers about the face not white, as in that species. 
Range.—Tropical America, casually north to south- 
eastern United States. 
WHITE-FACED GLOSSY IBIS 
187. Plegadis guarauna. 24 in. 
Bill, face and legs, carmine red; feathers bordering 
the face, white; wings and tail glossy greenish-black; 
rest of plumage rich chestnut-brown, glossed with pur- 
ple on the head. They nest by thousands in extensive 
swamps, in company with herons. 
Nest.—Strongly and compactly woven of dead rushes 
attached to living stalks, well cupped, thus differing 
from that of any of the herons; eggs plain greenish 
blue (1.95x 1.35); deeper and brighter than those of 
any of the herons. 
Range.—Texas, New Mexico, Ariz., Calif., and south- 
ward. 
