STORKS. 127 



. of reeda and weed stalka, in trees, hushc*, and reedy niarahea. Ifcpw, 

 throe to flve, pale greeni.-h while, with .-I.-.. ..Ute marking tfei.ernlly nnt 

 num. r..u.H nt tin- larger end. I 



Tins locally ai>iiii(ltitit sfteciea is generally f"iunl in flocks of flve or 

 ;is many hundred birds which frequent mud flats, marshes, or 



the borders of lagoons. They fly in close rank, anil when in large 

 with their snowy plumage glistening in the sunlight and their 

 n>ke> accented ly the black-tipi>ed primaries, form a strikingly 



Ix-aiitiful picture. 



; KT laia ( 7X5. Ouara rubra), a South A merican specie*, haa been 

 recorded fn>m Kl<>ri<lu, Louisiana, and New Mexico. (See Brcwster, Bull. 

 Null. <>m. Hub, viii, 1888, p. 185; also Scott, Auk, vi, 189, p. 15.) 



186. Plegadls autumnal!* (Il<i**tlq.). GLOMY IBIS. Ad. Rich 



cht-Mtnut, upper uinl under tail -eoverts. la-k, wintTS and front of th ktad 

 with >rn-fni.-.|i uiul j>urj>ltsh rfHtvtinnii; lore (in nkin*) hlai-kiith. A/I. -Head 

 iin.l ru-fk fu.seoiw-brown, the ti-utluTs luti-nilly inartrined with white; reat of 

 uiultT part* dull fuiH-oiw-hruwii ; buck with ^rt'cnish n-tlivtii>na, I*, 24-00: 

 \V., ll-.-Hi; Tur., 3-lo ; H., 5-00. 



It-iH'jr. -Tn-pU-iil und Kubtmpioal regions generally ; rare and of local di- 

 tril>utin in tin- M>uthra.-u-rn liiited States and Wi-st Indies. 



.inirt'-n. A. V., two records. Long Island, A. V., two records. Cam- 

 britlr'. A. V.. one n-i-oril. May. 



Xttt, of rushes, plant stems, etc., in reedy swamps or low buahea, Eff*, 

 three, rather deep, dull blue, 2-01 x 1-47. 



This is a rare species in the eastern United States. Its haunts are 

 of much the same nature as those of the preceding species. 



The WiiiTE-rAiKii (}LMY IBIS (187. Htgadit gvarauna), a locally com- 

 mon ft|e<-'n-!t from Texas westward and southward, has been recorded but once 

 from cast of the MiswUsippi, viz., ut or near Luke Washington. Florida, where 

 a female wu* *ht "M a nest eontainint; three egg* (Hr< \\--t. r. Auk, iii, l^sfi, 

 This species reHcinbles thu Glossy Ibis, but adulU have the region 

 about the base of the bill white. 



FAMILY CICONIID.*. STORKS. 



Only two of the twenty-five krmwn sjMvies iridmled in ttiis family 

 are fniMid in North America. Storks are l>th ^rogarious and solitary. 

 Our -[..-( i, ~. the so-called Wood Ibis, is as a rule found in flocks and 

 nests in colonies. It feeds in swamps and on the shores of bayous, 

 where it i- >nid to "rake" the bottom with its foot in searching for 

 food. It is n strong flier, H certain number of wing-strokes U-ing fol- 

 lowed by a short sail. At tiine> it mounts high in the air and sails 

 about like a Vulture. Sometimes it perched upon trees. Its voice is 

 described as a rough, guttural croak. 



