272 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [1895 



Plegadis autumnalis (186). Glossy Ibis. 



" Warmer parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, also more south- 

 ern portions of the Eastern United States" (Manual, 124). "At 

 very irregular periods in the spring, small flocks have been seen 

 on the coast of the Middle States, and on the Eastern Shore of 

 Maryland and Virginia," and one taken near Baltimore, and 

 two in the District of Columbia in 1817 are mentioned (Water 

 Birds of N. A., i, 95-6). 



Family CiCONliD^ — Storks. 

 Tantalus loculator (188). Wood Ibis. 



Regularly "north to the Carolinas, casually to Pennsylvania 

 and New Jersey" (Key, 653). " The late Judge Libhart, in 

 his ornithological report of Lancaster Co., Pa., says : " I ob- 

 tained a fine specimen of this species shot from a troop of 10, 

 by Mr. M, Ely, on the Susquehanna, in July 1862," and "Dr. 

 A. C. Treichler, of Elizabethtown, has specimens in his collec- 

 tion which were shot in Lancaster Co. in the early part of July, 

 1883, shortly after severe storms" (Birds Pa., 53). "On July 2 

 1893, Mr. Fred. Zoller brought me 2 females, adult and young ; 

 they were killed on the flats a short distance from the Washing- 

 ton monument, and on the Maryland side of the Potomac" (E. 

 M. Hasbrouck, Auk, x, 92). Two were taken near Bloomery, 

 Hampshire Co., W. Va., by Dr. A. Wall (American Field, 

 xxii, 82). 



Mr. Robert Shriver, of Cumberland, writes me : "About 30 

 years ago I shot a Wood Ibis. This was the only specimen I 

 ever saw ; it was first seen by myself near the Potomac River 

 bank, but before it was captured a dozen hunters were after it 

 and it evaded them for several days. I always valued this 

 specimen highly and am sorry it has gone 'the way of all flesh."' 



On October 15, 1893, Mr. Jacob F. Saylor described a bird 

 to me taken during "wheat harvest" at the bend of the Gun- 

 powder Falls in Dulaney's Valley, Baltimore Co.; from his de- 

 scription, and later corroboration by Mr. Dukehart, I am satis- 

 fied it can be no other than this species. 



