FAMILY IBIDIDyE. 



IlilSES. 



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FAMILY IBIDID/E. 

 Ibises. 



Bill, long, rather slender, and decidedly curved downward ; tarsus, 

 always less than five inches long; toes, four, all on the same level, no comb= 

 like ed^e on side of middle toe nail ; wing, from 8.50 to 13 inches long. 



Wing, less than 10.50 inches long. 



General pluinao-e, puriilisli cliestuut, sliowiui;- purplish reflections on head, and urcenish 

 on wini>s; axillars and under wino- coverts, ])uipiish hrou/.e; feathers, bordering base of 

 bill, whitish. Plefindisiinaravnu. Whlte=faced Glossy Ibis. 



(ieueral pluniat;;e, dark chestnut; feathers, at base of bill, not white. 



Ftegadis ini/iiiinntlis. Glossy Ibis. 

 Sec No. 142. 



General plumaffe white; primaries, blackish (adult). Gnnm <aha. White Ibis. 



See No. 140. 

 Genera! piumao^e, brownish or grayish, often more or less mixed lirowu, gray and wliite; 

 rump, white (immature). Gnnra alha. ' White Ibis. 



See No. 140. 

 General plumage, scarlet. Th'^ young Scarlet Ibis somewhat resembles tlie youni; ^Vllite 

 Ibis, but differs in having the rump not white. (rvara rvhra. Scarlet Ibis. 



See No. 141. 



