KEY TO 'IMIIC \\\ri;U I'.IKDS Ol' J I.OKIDA. 



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Dr. Coiu's examined a fraijjmenl ol" a sjx-eimen taken near Los Pinos, New 

 ^Mexico, in Jnne, 1864, and Mr. ]>re\vster records a specimen in the nniseuni 

 at Charleston, S. C. which is hdx-lled '' Fh)richi." and which he beHex'cs 

 (.juite possibly niii;"ht be an anthenlic specimen. [N.O. C, \'ol. \'ill., l'>aiL^e 

 1S5, 1883.] 



'I'his sjiecies has been recorded from Culia and Jamaica bnt is a natixe of 

 trojiical America. 



Genus PLEGADIS Kaup. 



PLEQADIS AUTUMNALIS {Hassc/^/.). 

 Glossy Ibis, 



Aditli : General plumage chestnut ; wing coverts, back and front of liead showin.t;- .green- 

 ish and sometimes lironzy reHections. 



Tlie immature birds have the plumage more 1)ro\vnisli and the front of the head slightly 

 mottled; the back greenish ; under parts dusky brown. 



Length. 25; Wing, 11.25; I^iH? 5-40- 



Tropical America, not common in the I'nited States. It occurs in Florida 

 and has been taken in the West Indies. Specimens ha\e occasionally been 

 taken in summer as far north as Massachusetts. It has been recorded from 

 Cambridge and I have a specimen in w\\ collection which was shot at East- 

 ham, Mass. The eggs are described as dull blue in color and are usualh- 

 thi-ee in ninnber. 



