^^77.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE IBIDIN^. 503 



'ilbts caymiensis, Schleg. Mus. Pays-Bas, liv. iv. p. 8. 

 IGeroniicus caymiensis, Gray, Gen. BirJs (1847) vol. iii. p. 567 • 

 id. Hand-1. B. (1871) pt. iii. p. 40. 1 ^ ' 



Hub. From Panama, through Northern South America to Brazil 

 lop and sides of head and throat blackish brown, with a purple 

 tinge ; narrow hue on forehead and lores bare, skin black; back and 

 sides of neck dark metallic green ; back and wings dark bronzy green 

 with red reflections in certain lights ; tail dark green, with blue 

 reflections; primaries deep blue; entire underparts dark bronze- 

 green ; bill dark green for two thirds its length from base, pale 

 green for the remainder ; legs and feet lead-colour. Total leneth 22-i 

 inches ; wing 13, tail 7|, bill 5|, tarsus 2|. '^ 



18. MoLYBDOPHANES C^RULESCENS. 



^^^"■'^^'^'{^.f'P^omado, Azara Apunt. Hist. Nat. Parag. y Rio Plata 

 (1802-5) m. p. 195, no. 363. 



Ibis cairulescens,T\^\\\. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. (1817) vol xvi 



f^ll^^ r • ^''^^- ^^'''^- ^'^2^^ *"'"• "^- P- 1147 ; Schleg. Mus. P.-Bas 

 (1863) hvr. 4, p. 9; Sclat. & Salv. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1869) p 635 

 ibis plumbea, Temm. PI. Col. 235; Wagl. Syst. Av (1827) so' 

 14 ; Less. Trait. Orn. (1831) p. 567. S J • ^v. ^i»./; sp. 



Harpiprion plumbeus, Wagl. Isis (1832) p. 1232. 



Geronticus cantlescens, Gray, Gen. Birds (1847) vol iii n 567 

 sp. 9 ; id. Haud-1. B. (1871) pt. iii. p. 40. • F- / • 



Molybdophanes ccBrulescens, Reich. Nov. Syn. Av nl 2QI fio-? 

 2383-84 (1851); Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. (1857) vol. iLp. 154 ^ 



Harpiprion c(Brulescens, Sclat. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. (1873) 

 p. lii/. 



Hab. Brazil, Conchitas ; Argentine Republic {Hudson) 

 1 his species, the Curucdu aplomado of Azara, was described by 

 Vieillot (/.c.), and afterwards figured by Temminck mader a different 

 name in his 'Planches Coloriees.' It is the type of Reichenbach's 

 genus Molybdophanes, and is restricted apparently to Brazil south of 

 the Amazons, and to the Argentine Republic, where, however, it is 

 not uncommon. 



A white bar commences above and behind the eye and covers the 

 forehead. A white line at the base of the mandible. Top of head 

 and lengthened nuchal crest dark brown, with a slight greenish tinge 

 ihroat and neck covered with long narrow feathers, light brown in 

 certam l^hts having a pinkish tinge. Upper parts pale bronzy 

 green. Wings hke the back; in some lights the feathers have a 

 silvery gloss. Primaries deep blue, greenish towards the ed^es of 

 the outer webs. Tail dark green. Entire underparts brownish grey 

 «-ith hght pink reflections in certain lights. Bill and bare space m 

 tront ot the eye black. Legs and feet yellow in the skin 



Total length 33 inches; wings 15|, tail 7^, bill along culmen 6^ 

 tarsus 3\. o a> 



19. Falcinellus igneus. 



Tantalus falcinellus, Linn. Syst. Nat. (1766) p. 241. sp. 2; 



