IBIDID^S. 



Genus PLEGADIS, Kaup. 

 Plegadis falcinellus (Linn.}. 



Ibis falcinellus, Thien. Fortpjtanz. yes. Voy. tab. Ixviii. fig. 4, a-c (1845- 

 54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Voy. tab. 60. fig. 2 (1855-63) ; Hetcitson, 



Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 321, pi. Ixxxvi. (1856) ; Seebohm, 

 Birds, ii. p. 520, pi. 38 (1884) ; id. Eyas of Brit. Birds, p. 67,. 

 pi. 17. fig. 6 (1896). 



Plegadis falcinellus, Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 335 (1878) ; Leyye, Birds 

 Ceylon, p. J 109 (1880) ; Gates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eyys 2nd. B. iii. 

 p. 231 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 29 (1898) ; id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 187 (1899). 



The eggs of the Glossy Ibis are usually of a narrow and blunt 

 oval form, sometimes elliptical or biconical. Many specimens 

 possess a very slight amount of gloss, others are gloss-less. They 

 are of a plain blue colour, those taken in India being of a darker 

 tint than those taken in Europe. They measure from 1*8 to 2-25. 

 in length, and from 1*3 to 1-55 in breadth. 



1. Hungary, 28th July. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. River Danube. Seebohm Coll. 



2. "River Save, Servia, 24th May. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Bulgaria. Seebohm Coll. 



5. R. Volga. Seebohm Coll. 



4. R. Volga. Gould Coll. 

 35. Eastern Narra, Sind (S. Doiff}. Hume Coll. 



5. Eastern Narra, 18th May (S. I).). Hume Coll. 



4. Eastern Narra, 28th May (& I).). Hume Coll. 

 2. Eastern Narra, 7th June (8. D.). Hume Coll. 



5. Eastern Narra, 12th June (S. D.). Hume Coll, 



Plegadis guarauna (Linn.). 

 (Plate V. fig. 7.) 



Ibis falcinellus (nee Linn.}, Hudson, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 799. 



Plegadis guarauna, Baird. Brewer 8f Ridyic. Water Birds N. Am. i. 



p. 97 (1884) ; Set. $ Huds. Aryent. Orn. ii. p. 109 (1889) ; James> 



Neiv List Chitwn Birds, p. 8 (1892); Holland, Ibis, 1896, p. 318; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xx\i. p. 34 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 187 



(1899). 



The eggs of the White-faced Glossy Ibis closely resemble those 

 of the foregoing species, their colour being of the same dark blue- 

 tint as the eggs of the latter species taken in India. They measure- 

 from 1*7 to 205 in length, and from 1-3 to 1'65 in breadth. 



12. Argentine Republic, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.J. 



1. Chile. Old Collection. 



2. Chile. E. C. Reed, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Central Chile, Nov. Berkeley James Coll. 

 8. Central Chile, Nov. Berkeley James Coll. 



3. Central Chile, Nov. Berkeley James Coll. 



4. Central Chile, Nov. Berkeley James Coll. 



