GRALLiE — TANTALIDAS — IBIS. 
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THE GLOSSY IBIS. 
Ibis mexicanus. 
Tantalus mexicanus. Ord, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sciences, Vol. 1, p. 53. 
Ibis falcinellus. Bonaparte, Ann. Lyc. Vol. 2, p. 312; Obs. Nomen. Wils.; Am. Orn. Vol. 4, p. 23, pi. 23, fig. 1. 
/. id. Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 2, p. 88. Audubon, Birds of America, Vol. 6, p. 50, pi. 358. 
I. ordi. Bonaparte, Geograph, and Comp. List, p. 49. Linsley, B. of Connecticut, p t 18. 
Characteristics. Purplish red. Crown, middle of the back, wings and tail glossy metallic 
green. Young: Head and neck striped with blackish. Length, 24'0. 
Description. Bill arched, and 5’ 0 long : feathers of the head and neck long and lanceolate. 
Tibia bare for half its length; middle toe dilated on its inner side, and toothed. First quill 
shorter than the second, and sinuate on the inner web near the end. 
Color. Bill and feet black. The other markings sufficiently detailed in the specific 
phrase. Young: Back and scapulars brownish ash t beneath blackish ash. Wings and tail 
duller. 
Length, 23‘0-25 - 0. 
This is a bird still more rare in this State than the preceding. I have introduced it here 
partly on the authority of a specimen in the American Museum, said to have been killed in 
the vicinity of New-York. Mr. Say received specimens from New-Jersey, and Mr. Nuttall 
informs us that a single specimen is sometimes offered for sale in the markets of Boston. 
The Rev. Mr. Linsley of Stratford, Connecticut, states that five individuals of this species 
were killed in that lown about six years since. Breeds in Florida, Texas and Mexico. A 
rare visitor to the Middle States. Closely allied to, and for a long time considered identical 
with, the I. falcinellus of Europe. Its greatest known geographical range is from the equator 
to the forty-sixth parallel of north latitude. 
(EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 
I. rubra, Linn., Vieill. (Aud. B. of Am. Vol. 6, p. 53, pi. 359.) Scarlet: outer quills glossy 
blue-black towards their tips ; face, bill and feet reddish. Young , ash-color, tinged with reddish; 
rump and beneath white. Length, 29 *0. Louisiana. 
