187/.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE IBIDIN^. 505 



vol. iv. p. 86 ; Lawr. Ann. N.Y. Lye. Nat. Hist. (1866) p. 292 ; 

 Turnb. Birds E. Peon. (1869) p. 44. 



Falcinellus igneus. Gray, Gen. B. 2ncl ed. (1841) p. 87 ; Gould, 

 B. Austr, vol. vi. pi. 47; Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. Asiat. Soc. (1849) 

 p. 274; Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. (1857) vol. iii. p. 158 ; Heugl. Syst. 

 Uebers. Vog. Nordost-Afr. (1855) p. 314. sp. 637; Jerd. B. Ind, 

 (1864) vol. iii. p. 770; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. (1865) p. 286 ; 

 Holds. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1872) p. 479 ; Sclat. & Salv. Nomen. Av. 

 Neot. p. 126; Bartl. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1875) p. 68; Legge, Ibis 

 (1875) p. 404. 



Plegadis falcinellus, Kaup, Fr. Vog. Eur. Taf. 43. fig. 3, p. 378 ; 

 Fritsch, Jour, fiir Ornith. (1871) p. 370. 



Tantalus bengalensis, Licht. Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. (1857) vol. ii. 

 p. 158. 



Ibis peregrina, Mtill. Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. (1857) vol. ii. p. 159. 

 Eudocimus erythrorhynchus, Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. (1857) p. 

 159. 



Falcinellus ordii, Cones, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil. (1866) 

 p. 96; Taczan. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1874) p. 562; Gundl. Jour, fur 

 Orn. (1874) p. 313. 



Falcinellus erythrorhynchus, Gmel. Jour, fiir Ornith. ( 1 87 1 ) p. 285. 

 Ibis falcinellus, var. ordii, Coues, Birds N. West (1874) p. 517. 

 Eudocimus falcinellus, Bar. du Bocage, Jour, fiir Ornith. (1876) 

 p. 300. 



Hab, Eastern United States, "West Indies and Eastern Hemisphere. 

 There are apparently four species of the so-called Glossy Ibis, so 

 far as our present material enables us to judge, three of which are 

 restricted to the New World, while the fourth, the present species, 

 is an inhabitant of the eastern part of the United States, the West 

 Indies, and is moreover generally distributed throughout the eastern 

 hemisphere. The American F. igneus was separated by Bonaparte 

 from the European as F. ordii ; but there does not seem to be the 

 slightest difference between them, and Bonaparte's name should 

 become a synonym. This bird can be readily distinguished from its 

 relatives when adult by having the top of the head green. 



Top of head and sides of face metallic dark green, with purple 

 reflections. Bare space in front of and a little surrounding the eye 

 bluish or slaty blue. Neck, back, and entire underparts dark cin- 

 namon-red, with purple reflections on some of the back feathers. 

 Scapulars and greater wing-coverts metallic purple. Secondaries 

 grass-green, with purple gloss. Primaries dark bronze-green. Bump 

 dark green, glossed with purple. Tail dark green, with purple re- 

 flections ; undercoverts purple. Bill black, bare skin at base slate- 

 blue ; feet and legs blackish. Tarsi scutellated anteriorly trans- 

 versely, covered behind with hexagonal scales. 



Total length 25 inches; wing 12, tail 4|, bill along culmen 6, 

 tarsus 4|. 



20. Falcinellus guarauna. 



11 Scolopax guarauna, Linn. Syst. Nat. (1766) p. 242. 



