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ing the head feathered and in being much paler in color, 

 without the carmine markings. Resident in the southern 

 Atlantic and Gulf states and the Bahamas, southward to Pat- 

 agonia. Common in the wilder sections. 



B. IBISES. Ibididae. 



Bill, slender and curved for its whole length. Eggs sim- 

 ilar to A. 



a. Naked-faced Ibises. Guara. 

 Forepart of head, naked; feathers of crown, short, blen- 

 ded and with rounded tips. Eggs, greenish or grayish-white, 

 spotted with pale brown, fig. 114. 



1. WHITE IBIS, G. ALBA. 24.00; bill, 5.25; white 

 throughout; tips of Fig. 114. 



four outer primaries, 

 black glossed with 

 green; bill, naked 

 space about head, 

 and feet, yellow; iris, 

 blue, fig. 114. Young, 

 head, neck, and 

 above, slaty-brown, II , B. a 1. 1-4. 



glossed with greenish, lower back, rump, upper tail coverts, 

 and beneath, white; top of head, wholly feathered. Resident 

 in Florida and other Gulf States, Greater Antilles, and north- 

 ern S. A. ; migrating nort|i in summer to N. C. and 111. ; cas- 

 ually to Long Island and Conn. 



2. SCARLET IBIS, G. rubra. 29.00; bill 6.00; bright 

 scarlet throughout ; tips of three or four primaries, glossy 

 l)lue-black. Young, dark brownish-gray ; belly, white. Res- 

 ident on eastern coast of tropical America; accidental in Fla., 

 La., and Texas. 



b. Crested Ibises. Plegadis. 

 Head, wholly feathered, excepting in front of eyes, elon- 

 gated on crown and lanceolate, forming a short crest. Eggs,- 

 greenish-blue unspotted, fig. 115. 



