1877.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE IBIDINiE. 485 



straggler ; and I am not aware of a specimen having been procured 

 within the Umits of this region, although it has been seen a few times 

 by naturalists. Eudocimus alhus is found in the southern part of the 

 Alleghany and Kocky-mountain subregions, going northwards as far 

 as the Carolinas and westwards to Texas. 



In the Neotropical region the remaining species of the subfamily 

 are found. 



Beginning in the north with the Mexican subregion, we have the 

 E. albus and the Harpiprion cayanensis, which range from Panama, 

 along the northern portion of South America and down the east coast 

 into Brazil — the Brazilian subregion. In the Antillean subregion we 

 find the F. igneus in the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico, and perhaps 

 some more ; and the E. ruber is a native of Cuba and probably 

 other islands to the southwards, as it is stated to be abundant on the 

 Orinoco and Amazons, in the Brazilian subregion. 



In Columbia the Phimosus infuscatus is met with ; and this species 

 extends its range southwards to the Argentine Republic. Theristicus 

 caudatus inhabits the continent from Peru on the north to the Straits 

 of Magellan ; and the H. crerulescens is a native of Brazil and the 

 Argentine Republic. C. oxycerca is found in Brazil in the Ama- 

 zonian subregion, and as far westward as Columbia. F. guarauna 

 appears to be spread over the whole of South America, with perhaps 

 the exception of Peru. In this last country F. ridgwuyi is found ; 

 and F. thalassina is an inhabitant of the west coast from the Straits 

 of Magellan to California in the Nearctic region. 



1. Ibis ^thiopica. 



Tantalus cethiopicus, Lath. Ind. Orn. (1790), vol. ii. p. 706. 

 sp. 12. 



Numenius ibis, Cuv. Ann. du Musr(1805) vol. iv. p. 11(3, t. 53. 



Ibis reiigiosa, Savig. Hist, de I'Egypte (1810) Ois. t. 7. fig. 1, 

 (text) vol. ]ii. p. 392; Vieill. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. (1817) vol. xvi. 

 p. 9; Temm. Man. Oinith. (1820) vol. iv. p. 390 ; Vieill. Ency. 

 Meth. (1823) p. 1144; Wagl. Syst. Av. (1827) sp. 2; Hemp. 

 & Ehrenb. Sym. Phys. (1828) p."l7; Cuv. Regn. Anim. (1829) 

 p. 519; Less. Trait. Orn.(1831)p. 568. sp. 15; Wagl. Isis(1832) 

 p. 1231; Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1832) p. 160. sp. 188; Bon. 

 Consp. Gen. Av. (1857) vol. ii. p. 151; Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 

 (1863)livr. iv. p. 12; Kirk, Ibis (1864) p. 364; Bree, B. Eur. 

 1st ed. vol. iv. p. 45, pi. 13 ; Schleg. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1866^ p. 425 ; 

 Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1871) p. 614. 



Ibis eyrettu, Temm. Man. Orn. vol. iv. p. 391 ; Bon. Consp. 

 Gen. Av. (1857) vol. ii. p. 151. 



Ibis molucca, Cuv. MS. Mus. Paris; id. Regn. Anim. p. 520; 

 Less. Trait. Orn. (1831) p. 568. sp. 13. 



Tantalus ibis, J. Brookes, Linn. Trans, vol. xvi. (1830) p. 499. 



Ibis strictipennis, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1837) p. 106; Bon. 

 Consp. Gen. Av. (1857) vol. ii. p. 151 ; Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 

 (1863) livr. 4, p. 14; Garrod, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1873) pp. 467, 

 638. 



