BIKDS OF KANSAS. 109 







ORDER HERODIONES. 



HERONS, STORKS, IBISES, ETC. 



"Neck and legs much lengthened. Hind toe much lengthened, and inserted 

 at the same level as the anterior toes (shorter and slightly elevated in Cicontidce). 

 Habits altricial, and young dasypsedic; palate desmognathous; carotids double." 



SUBOKDEB IBIDES. SPOONBILLS AND IBISES. 



Sides of upper mandible with a deep narrow groove extending uninterrupt- 

 edly from the nostrils to the tip. (Ridyicay.) 



FAMILY IBIDIDJE. IBISES. 



"Wading birds of medium to rather large size, the bill much elongated, 

 attenuated, more or less, toward the end, and bent downward, more or less 

 decidedly, in sickle fashion, like that of the curlews (Numenius). Nostrils sub- 

 basal, latero-superior, with more or less of a membrane above and behind; nasal 

 fossae continued forward to the very extremity of the maxilla in the form of 

 a deep, narrow continuous groove. Hallux almost incumbent; claws slender, 

 projecting far beyoiid the ends of the toes." 



GENUS PLEGrADIS KAUP. 



"Bill shallow through the base, moderately tapering, and gently curved; the 

 base not truged, and the basal outlines of the maxilla deeply concave; bare 

 portion of the tibia equal to or longer than outer toe; middle toe about three- 

 fourths the tarsus; inner toe reaching past the subterminal articulation of the 

 middle toe; hallux about equal to the basal phalanx of the inner toe; forehead 

 and orbital, malar and gular region completely feathered, the lores only being 

 naked, the feathering on the chin forming an acute angle which advances to as 

 far as the middle of the nostrils; feathers of the pileum elongated, lanceolate, 

 and distinct, forming, when erected, a sort of full, rounded crest; those of the 

 occiput and nape, and upper half of the neck all round, also distinct and lan- 

 ceolate; plumage chiefly metallic green above; the adults with head and upper 

 part of neck chestnut, and lower parts chestnut or violet blackish; the young 

 with head and upper part of neck streaked grayish brown and white, the lower 

 parts grayish brown or violet dusky." 



Plegadis guarauna ( LINX.). 



WHITE-FACED GLOSSY IBIS. 

 PLATE VIIL 



A rare visitant. Shot at a lake near Lawrence, by Mr. W. L. 

 Bullene, in the fall of 1879, and reported to me by Prof. F. H. 

 Snow, who has the specimen in the State University; and a 

 young female was captured October 17th, 1890, on the Arkan- 



