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181. *Olor buccinator (Richardson) —TrRuUMPETER SWAN. 
Now rare and apparently never known to be common. Recorded 
from localities along the Platte river, Omaha, North Platte, and Grant 
and Cherry counties. J. M. Bates reports this species as having for- 
merly bred on Watt’s lake, Cherry county, and it probably was once 
a breeder about many of the lakes of the sand-hill region. 
EXTRALIMITAL: 134a. Anas fulvigula maculosa (Sennett), the 
Mottled Duck, breeds from Texas to middle Kansas and may reach 
southern Nebraska. 172c. Branta canadensis minima Ridgway, the 
Cackling Goose of the northwest coast, has been taken in the interior 
as far east as Wisconsin and may reach Nebraska during migrations. 
ORDER V. HERODIONES—HeErons, Srorks, Istses, Erc. 
A. Sides of upper mandible with a deep narrow groove. Bill slender, 
a hee round, not widened at end, and decurved throughout... . 
Yara .Ibidae. 
A. Bides = upper ane elts ieee Be SROOVE: ia. cr sens Zab) 
B. Middle toe not pectinate, hind toe ele ted alyane SHnene) 
, Giconiidae. 
B; Middle baie neeiaunte: ad ee on same Sid al with others. .Ardeidae. 
Famity IBIDAZ—Isisxs ' 
1. General color white in adult, grayish brown above and white below 
in young. 42: es . White Ibis. 
1. Chestnut with wantin anu Sone feeecinnan in satel eens brown 
with greenish reflections on the back in young. fe Gz) 
2. Lores greenish in life; feathers ayaa bill same oles as gee 
Fy NNSA Ie cert MRE Re AR Oe one ae ig alee whee iGlossy This. 
2. Lores red; feathers around bill alnie! : SWikitectaced Glossy Ibis. 
186. Plegadis autumnalis ee ree Ibis. 
A specimen taken near Omaha, Bruner thinks at Cut-off lake, is 
now in the University museum, and there are two specimens in the 
collection of L. Sessions, of Norfolk, taken at that place. Straggler 
in summer from the southeast. 
187, Plegadis guarauna (Linnaeus)—-WHITE-FACED Guossy Isis. 
A straggler from the south. Two specimens are recorded from 
Omaha, by I. 8. Trostler and L. Skow, one killed near Florence lake, 
Aug. 19, 1893, and a second near Cut-off lake, Apr. 6, 1897. A speci- 
men was secured years ago, according to Bruner, by Frank Parmalee 
of Omaha, at Clarks. 
EXTRALIMITAL: 184. Guara alba (Linnaeus)—The White Ibis is 
stated to occur casually north to South Dakota and may be looked 
upon as a probable addition to our fauna sooner or later. 
Famity CICONIIDA—Srorxs anp Woop Istses 
A large white bird, 35 to 45 inches long, with greenish black tail and wing 
