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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



WHITE-FACED GLOSSY IBIS. 



lection of bird and mammal pictures is the one, presented herewith, of 

 the Ibises at home. Though the work of a professional photographer, 

 no painstaking amateur could have secured a better negative. 



In nesting habits, so far as I can learn, this bird is not different from 

 others of its tribe. An acquaintance of mine, recently from the south- 

 ern part of Mexico, tells me that there are literally thousands of them 

 in the marshes bordering the Gulf coast. He says they are never shot 

 and in company with Jacanas and other Mexican swamp fowl are per- 

 fectly fearless of man. He tells sad tales of the reduction wrought in 

 the ranks of the ducks as they come southward seeking their winter 

 homes in the fens of warmer lands. 



The eggs of this Ibis, are, so far as I can learn, of an average size 

 of 2 x 1.50 inches, oval shaped in outline and of a chalky green color, 

 at least all that I have seen have been such. 



