110 (). H. Merriam Birds of Connecticut. 



Family, TANTALIDAE. 



210. Ibis falcinellus, var. Ordil (Bonaparte) Coues. Glossy Ibis. 



A rare accidental visitor from the South. At Stratford, Conn., Lins- 

 ley obtained five specimens of this species.* Stragglers have also 

 been taken in Massachusetts. There is a specimen of this species in 

 the Museum of Wesleyan University, at Middletown, Conn., taken in 

 that vicinity, by Dr. Barrat about the year 1855. 



211. Ibis alba (Linne) Vieillot. White Ibis. 



One only recorded from New England. It was seen by Mr. Geo. 

 Bird Grinnell within ten miles of New Haven : " Late in the after- 

 noon of May 23, [1875] I observed near Milford, Conn., a specimen of 

 Ibis alba. I recognized the bird as it flew over me, and following 

 it to a small pond where it went down, discovered it perched upon a 

 tree over the water. I carefully examined it with a good glass, at a 

 distance of about one hundred and fifty yards, and by this means was 

 enabled to note every detail of form and color. It was in full plum- 

 age, the white being pure, and th'e naked skin about the head, bright 

 red. After watching it for a few moments I tried to approach it, 

 but before I came within gunshot it flew, uttering a hoarse cackle as 

 it went off."f Two specimens have been killed on Long Island. J 



Family, ARDEID^E. 



212. Ardea herodias Linne. Great Blue Heron. 



A summer resident. Common during the migrations. Arrives 

 before the middle of April (Apr. 4, 1873, Coe; 12, Sage), and I 

 have seen it as late as Nov. 26th (1875), along the coast. On April 

 17th, 1877, Mr. A. J. Dayan and I saw about a dozen of these 

 splendid birds on the Whitney Lakes, within a couple of miles of 

 New Haven, but they were very shy and remained only a few days. 

 Mr. Grinnell once saw a flock of twenty-eight flying over the Sound. 

 Mr. W. P. Nichols saw one near New Haven, June 2d, 1877. 



* Am. Jour. Sci. and Arts, vol. xliv, No. 2, p. 266. 1843. 



f Am. Nat., vol. ix, No. 8, p. 470, 1875. 



\ Giraud's Bird's of Long Island, p. 275, 1844. 



