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bare front of the head and throat, the remainder of the bill and 

 the feet are red. The former, of more eastern range, strays to the 

 southern United States, the latter occurring farther north, and 

 breeding in Florida. Lampribis olivacea of West Africa is coppery 

 olive-green, with buff centres to the feathers of the loose occipital 

 crest and under parts, the wings being more metallic, arid the 

 naked forehead and loral region black. The bill and feet are red. 

 Plegadis falcinellus, the Glossy Ibis, which occasionally visits 

 Britain, is found irregularly in Northern Europe and commonly in 

 the south, extending through most of Asia and North Africa, and 

 migrating as far as Australia and Natal. It also occurs in the 

 South-Eastern United States and the West Indies. The head, 

 neck, mantle, and lower surface are chestnut, the remaining parts 

 purplish-green and bronzy, with bare greenish lores and blackish 

 bill and feet ; P. guarauna, which represents the genus from the 

 Western and Southern United States and the Hawaiian Islands to 

 Patagonia, having red lores, white feathers round the beak, and at 

 times red bill and feet. P. ridgwayi of Peru and Chili is purplish- 

 black below, with reddish-grey bill and black feet. Certibis oxycerca, 

 found from Colombia to Upper Amazonia, is dark olive-green with 

 a little purple and blue gloss, the naked face and throat being 

 pinkish and the bill and feet yellowish. The crest is slight, while 

 a line of feathers ascends the throat. Lopliotibis cristata, confined 

 to Madagascar, is reddish-chestnut, with white wings, blue-green 

 tail, and an enormous crest combining all three colours ; the bill 

 is greenish, the feet and the bare orbital region are red. Phimosus 

 infuscatus, ranging from Colombia to Argentina, is bronzy-green 

 with purple reflexions, the feet, bill, and face being pink, with 

 papillae on the forehead and cheeks. The slightly crested Harpi- 

 prion cayennensis, occurring from Panama to South Brazil, is 

 similarly coloured, but has greenish-grey bill, feet, and naked skin 

 on the lores, chin, and sides of the throat. Molyldophanes 

 caerulescens of Brazil and Argentina is greyish-green with dark 

 bluish reiniges, grey-brown crown, nuchal crest and lower parts, 

 white frontal band, naked black chin and warty lores, black bill 

 and yellow feet. Theristicus caudatus of Guiana is greenish- 

 brown, with orange-buff head and neck, blackish under parts, and 

 partially white wing-coverts ; the papillose lores, upper throat, and 

 orbits being naked and black, and a whitish tuft adorning the 

 chin. The bill is black with greenish tip, and the feet are red. 



