GLOSSY IBIS 



186. Plegadis autumnalis. 



25 in. 



116 



Like the next, which is our common species, but with 

 the feathers about the face not white, as in that species. 



Range. Tropical America, casually north to south- 

 eastern United States. 



WHITE-FACED GLOSSY IBIS 



187. Plegadis guarauna. 24 in. 



Bill, face and legs, carmine red; feathers bordering 

 the face, white; wings and tail glossy greenish-black; 

 rest of plumage rich chestnut-brown, glossed with pur- 

 ple on the head. They nest by thousands in extensive 

 swamps, in company with herons. 



Nest. Strongly and compactly woven of dead rushes 

 attached to living stalks, well cupped,, thus differing 

 from that of any of the herons; eggs plain greenish 

 blue (1.95x1.35); deeper and brighter than those of 

 any of the herons. 



Range. Texas, New Mexico, Ariz., Calif., and south- 

 ward. 



