20 IllRDS OF 77/J: //.III'.l//.l.\' (,A'(){'P. 



face dull dark umber, the feathers edged or barred with whitish; rump dusky black; 

 abdomen and under tail coverts white. Frvialc: Black extends farther down on the 

 side of the head and neck; bill and feet black. Length abont 23.00, wing 15.00, bill 

 1.75, tarsus 3.00, toe 3.25, tail 6.75. Hah. Hawaii. 



35. N. sandvicen'sis (Xw,.). Hawaiian Goose, Nene. 



Order HERODIONEvS.-Herons, Ibises, Etc. 



Familifs. 



a. Bill )iiiicli citrrrd, long and with nasal groove, linear and produced almost to 

 the tip of the bill. (Sub-order Ibidrs.) Kill almost cylindrical, slender and narrower 

 than deep towards the tip, and curved downward for nearly the whole length. 



(Page 20.) Ibid'idae. 



aa. Bill practicallv straio'lit; sides of upper mandible without anv groove; hind 

 toe inserted on a level with the anterior ones; the middle toe with its claw pecftinate 

 (toothed) on the inner edge ( vSub-order I/crodii); bill lance-shaped or compressed 

 and pointed ( Page 21.) Arde'idae. 



Family IBID'ID^.— Ibisks. 



(jCJIUS. 



Anterior aspect of the tarsus plated; head never nu)re than moderatelv crested 

 and not verv noticeable; chin, lores and base of cheeks bare, Init the latter feathered to 

 beyond the anterior line of the eye; claw of the middle toe nearly straight. Head of 

 the adult whollj' feathered except lores ( Page 20. ) Pleg'adis. 



Gexi-s PI^EG'ADIS Kaip. 



Adult with head, neck and lower portions uniformly chestnut; upper parts 

 metallic green bronze and purple, most brilliant on upper surface of wings and tail; 

 lores Idkt'-rrd iti life, turning brown in skin, or somewhat reddish brown; fcatlicrx siii- 

 iDitiiditio I he base of I lie hill a'lnic. Yoiiiii;: With lower parts greyish brown. Length 

 about 19.00-26.00, wing 9.30-10.80, culmen 3.75-6.00, tarsus 3.00-4.40, middle toe 

 2.10-2.85. Hah. Tropical America in general, west coast from Lower California to 

 Oregon. Hawaiian Lslands."' (No specimen in Museum.) 



36. P. guarauna (Lixx.). White-faced Glossy Ibis. 



'9 Professor Itri^hani informs lile tliat siiccinien "found on :\Iolokai, which the natives said was a "inalihini' or stranger, and portions of 



which were placed in the collcclion of the society " (Dole, Hawaiian Annual. 1879. p. 41) was one taken liy himself from a flock of five 



during Septenilier or Oiflober, 1S65. The •■fragments" were subsequently sent to Professor Baird at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 

 1). C, and have since been lo.st track of. Professor Brigham has since .satisfied himself that the specimen was Plegadis. This record, taken 

 in connecftion with the immature bird collecled by Mr. Knudsen on Kauai in 1S72. seems to confirm Mr. kidgway's belief that /■*. ^^iinrainta is 

 an accidental visitor to the islands from the west coast lA America. 



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