94 ALTRICIAL GRALLATORES — HERODIONES. 



B. Legs and feet comparatively short and stout, the tarsus with the frontal scutelloe more or less 

 irregular and interrupted. Adult, with the head and upper portion of neck dark chest- 

 nut, the lower neck and lower jiarts violet-blackish, the lesser wing-coverts metallic 

 green and bronzed purple, the back dark metallic green. Youny, with the head and 

 upper part of neck streaked with dusky and white, the lower parts dusky, with a violet 

 tingL'. 

 3. P. Ridgwayi.i I'^eathers round base of bill dusky chestnut, or dark rusty ; lores red- 

 dish in life. Wing, 10.15-12.00; culmen, 3.40-5.10; tarsus, 2.70-3.85; middle toe, 

 1.80-2,30. Hab. Vicinity of Lake Titicaca, Peru ; Chili. 



Plegadis falcinellus. 

 THE GLOSSY IBIS. 



Tantalus falcwclhis, Linn. S. N. I. 1766, 241, no. 2 (based on Nummius rostro armato, corpore 



castanco, j'cdibus obscure virentibus, Kkam. Austr. 350. — Numcniiis viridis, Bmss. Av. 5, p. 



326, t. 27, f. 2. — Falcinellus, Gesn. Av. p. 220, etc.). 

 Ibis falcinellus, ViElLL. Nouv. Diet. XIV. 1817, 23. — Ronap. Obs. AVils. 1825, no. 199. — Nutt. 



Man. II. 1834, 88. — AuD. Orn. Biog. IV. 1838, COS, pi. 387 ; Synop. 1839, 257 ; B. Am. VI. 



1843, 50, pi. 358 (adult). 

 Plegadis falcinellus, "Kaup," Feitsoii, Viig. Eur. 1869, Taf. 43, fig. 3, p. 378. — Ridgw. Nom. N. 



Am. B. 1881, no. 503. — CouES, Check List, 2d ed. 1882, no. 649. 

 Tantalus castaneus, MUller, S. N. Suppl. 1776, 112 (adult). 

 Courly, d'ltalic. Buff. PI. Enl. 1770-84, pi. 819 (adult). 

 Bay Ibis, Pen'N. Arct. Zool. II. 1785, 460 (adult). 

 Green Ibis, Lath. Synop. III. i. 1785, 113, sp. 13 (young). 

 Glossi/ Ibis, L.4TH. t. c. 114, sp. 14 (transition pi.). 

 Tantalus viridis, Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 648, no. 8 (young). 

 Tantalus igneus, Gmel. t. c. 649, no. 9 (adult). 



Falcinellus igneus. Gray, Gen. B. ed. 2, 1841, 87. — Elliot, P. Z. S. 1877, 503. 

 "Ibis noir, Savig. Hist. Myth, de I'lbis, p. 36, fig. 4, juv." (Elliot). 

 "Ibis sacra, Temm. Man. Orn. 1815, 385" (Elliot). 

 " Tringa autumnalis, Hajs.selq. It. Pal. deutsche Ausg. p. 306" (Elliot). 

 " Tantalus mexicanus," Okd. Jour. Philad. Acad. I. 1817, 52 (not of Gmel.). 

 Ibis Ordii, Bonap. Consp. List, 1838, 49. — Cass, in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 635 (part). — Baird, 



Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 500. 

 Ibu falcinellus, var. Ordii, CorEs, Key, 1872, 263 ; Check List, 1873, no. 445 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 517. 

 "Ibis guMrauna," Cabot, Pr. Boston Soc. II. 1850, 313, 332 (not of Linn.). 

 "Numcnius longirostris," GossE, B. Jam. 1847, p. 348 (not of Wilson). 

 Tantalus bcngalcnsis, " Licirr." Bonap. Consp. II. 1855, 158. 

 Ibis pcrrgrina, " Mi'iLL." Bonap. t. c. 159. 



Hab. Pal:earctic region. West Indies, and Eastern United States. Of iiTcgular distribution, 

 and only locally abundant in America. 



Sp. Char. Adult: Feathers bordering the base of the bill, all round, blackish. Pileum, cheeks, 

 and chin glossy greenish black, with violet-purple reflections. Hind part of the head, whole neck, 

 anterior part of the back, and anterior half of lesser wing-covert region, rich I'eddish chestnut, the 

 back darkest. Lower parts, except the cri.ssuni, axillars, and lining of the wing, unil'orm luiglit 

 reddish chestnut, lighter, brighter, and less purplish than the neck. Remaining upper parts, as 

 well as the lining of the wing, axillars, and cri.ssum, glos.sy, metallic, dark purple, green, and 

 bronze ; the posterior part of the back, posterior scapulars, wing-coverts, tertials, rump, upper tail- 

 coverts, and tail nearly uniform dull violet-purple, changing to bottle-green in certain lights ; aluliE, 



1 Pleoadis Ridgwayi. 



Falcinellus Pddgwayi, Allex, BuU. Mus. Comp. Zool. III. July, 1876, 355 (lloho, Conimn, and 



Vilquechico, near Lake Titicaca, Peru). —Elliot, P. Z. S. 1877, 506. 

 " Ibis falcinellus, ScL. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1SG9, 156" (Elliot). 

 ? "Ibis Ordii," Tschudi, Fauna Per. 1844, 298. 

 llbis brcvirostris, Peale, Zool. Exjil. Exp. 1848, 219 (Rim.ic R,, Peru). 



