Order HERODIONES. 



Family PLATALEID^E. 



WHITE IBIS. 



184. Guara alba. 25 in. 



Pure white except for the black primaries. 

 Bill, face and legs orange-yellow. Young 

 birds are more or less streaked with brown. 



Note. Loud harsh croaks. 



Nest. Of sticks in bushes or low trees. 

 Three or four white eggs, with brown spots. 



Range. Breeds southward from S. Car., 

 the Gulf States and Lower Cal. Casual north 

 to 111., Vt. and other northern states. 

 SCARLET IBIS. 



185. Guara nibra. 25 in. 



Bright scarlet except for the black pri- 

 maries. Bill, face and legs reddish. Young 

 birds are more of less streaked with gray, 

 particularly on the head and neck. 



Range . Tropical South America^ Casual 

 in the West Indies and has straggled to 

 some of our southern states. 

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