THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 97 



Order HERODIONES. 



Ibises and Herons. 



Family IBIDID&. 



THE IBISES. 



Birds of the south, only occasionally straggling north to New Jer- 

 sey. The Ibises are allied to the Herons, but with a curved bill, which 

 is nearly round in cross-section. 



a. Plumage bronze above ; chestnut or dull brown below. GLOSSY IBIS, p. 97 



aa. Plumage white. WHITE IBIS, p. 97 



aaa. Plumage brown above, white below. WHITE IBIS (young), p. 97 



184 Guara alba (Linnaeus). 

 White Ibis. 



Adults. Length, 21.50-27.50. Wing, 10.50-11.50. White, the four outer 

 primaries tipped with black ; head with bare orange-red patches. 



Young in first year grayish-brown on the back, head and neck streaked with 

 dusky. 



Formerly a very rare straggler from the south. 



Audubon states, in 1835, that "a few individuals of this species 

 have been procured in Pennsylvania and New Jersey." Turnbull 

 "shot one at Great Egg Harbor in the summer of 1858," and there is 

 a mounted specimen, possibly this same one, in the collection of the 

 Philadelphia Academy, labeled New Jersey. 



186 Plegadis autumnalis (Linnaeus). 

 Glossy Ibis. 



Adults. Length, 22-25. Wing, 10.20-11.80. Above, glossy bronze, with 

 green and purple reflections; head, neck and under parts, chestnut. 



Young in first autumn. Lower parts, dull brownish ; head and neck streaked 

 with white and dusky. 



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