1877.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE IBIDIN^. 495 



fW^Sh""" ^"'"^' P'f^'u^ *^' S™"°'^ ^•♦^ '^' bill, and drawing out 

 the earth-worms, which it swallowed at a gulp. Mr.Vicne shot th J 

 species at Tygerhoek, near Caledon, on the rfver Zoude? End 



.L^ya'-d f ys that the bare portion of the neck is of a de'ep red 

 co^owr while Mr. Ayres, as quoted by Gurney (Ibis. I860 d 209? 



CO feet but nTJ /n ""Vv;" '! '^ '^'^'''^' '^ ^^^"t^>° ^hich is 

 correct , but I have followed Mr. Ayres, thinking that perhans his 



tZirrf AL^L:;r;r ^'^ ''' '' '- ^-^ ^-^ ^'- ^-L;. 



n„lTn"//^n^''*^I'''''^"^-^*'''^' "^^^^ ^nd throat in front de- 

 nuded of feathers, skin greenish white. Entire plumage rich bronze 

 green with the exception of a large patch upoS the fhou Iders of ^ 

 reddish bronze, violet in certain lights. Legs and feet red BiH 

 tarsus 2?' '^"^'' '' "^'^^ •' "'"^ ''' '^^ 'i' bill alonVculmene! 



10. Phimosus infuscatus. 



no%7fp. iiT"^"' ^''''' ^P""*- ^'''- ^''- P-rag. (1802-5), 



Bafn8fitT''''i ^''5'- Sr^^- ^^^^^^ P- 75 ; Schleg. Mus. P.- 

 Bas (1863) livr. 4, p. 8 ; Wyatt, Ibis (1871) p. 384 



l^if nudi/rons, Spix, Av. Bras. t. 86 (1825); Wagl Svst Av 

 (182/) sp. 6 ; Less. Trait. Orn. (1831) p 567 "^ 



Gp^Arns-'^^^'f "■'' ^^S^- ^'^' (1^^2) p. 1232; Bon. Consn 



(t873tp.\27'.'^ ' "' P- ''^ ' ^'^'*^- ^ S^'^- Nomen. Av. Neot 

 Geronticus mfuscatns, Gray, Gen. Birds (1849) vol iii n 566 



sp. 16 ; id. Hand-1. Birds (1871) pt. iii. p. 41. ^' 



Hab. South America, from Columbia to the Argentine RenubbV 

 The present bird was first described by Lichtensfe n (' 7)^ Th; 



manner in which the fore part of the head and the throat are denudd 



S Sati"; " Itf r'anl': '"'"•'"' "^'^^•^^ ^^^'^^ distinguishab'from 

 Its relatives. Its range is quite extensive, as it is an inhabitant of 



South America, from Columbia to the Argentine RepuSlif There 

 s no difficulty with the synonymy, as but one additional name 

 seems to have been given it, viz. ^ludifrons of Spix 



Fore part and sides of head, and throat, red. Plumage of bodv 

 dark-green bronze glossed with purple. SecondariS^^^r^maries^ 

 and rectrices bright bronze green. Bill, legs, and feet red.^ ' 



Jotal kngth 24 inches; wing 11^, tail \ bill along culmen 5i, 



11. NiPPONIA NIPPON. 



Ibis -Wo« T pi^ Col. (1835) no. 551 ; Schleg. Faun. Jap. 



t. /I , id. Mandl, Dierk. t. vn. p. 84 : id. Mus Pav« R<.^ /lOfiTx 

 livr. 4, p. 9; Blakiston, Ibis (1862) p. SsfLinr Proc^ Vo ^ 



n87.^^ ''Sf 'li'- -^P- ^^' ■' '"'• Ibis (f863) p'. 416, 08^-3) p ^24 ' 

 (1875) p. 455 ; David, Nouv. Archiv. Mus. Paris(1867) Bu 1 p 39: 



