174 MATHEWS— Birds of North and North- West Australia. 



junction with the tarsus, slate black, remainder of the tibia, 

 tarsus, and toes, rose pink; skin along the bones of the wings, 

 blood red. 



Another bird had irides, dark brown; bill, black, freckled 

 with brown at the base of the upper mandible; naked skin on 

 the face, black; tibia, pink, becoming darker at the joint; 

 tarsus, dark purple; toes, black. The black of the toes seems 

 gradualy to pass into the purple of the tarsus, which colour 

 again gradually becomes the pink of the tibia. 



7s. Carphilus spixicollis. Straw-necked Ibis. 



Ibis spinicollis (Jamerson). Edin. New Philos. Journ., 

 Vol. XIX., p. 213, 1835, New South Wales. 



No. .164— 5. Length, 2G.8 inches (21/0/86). 



Irides, dark brown; bill, face, and feet, black; flesh- 

 coloured spots on the tibia. 



On stalking these birds four were noticed posted, to give 

 warnings of danger, on the highest trees. On firing a gun 

 they all rise from the damp grass. It seems to fly easily, 

 often soaring hawk-fashion in the air. 



78. Plegadis falcixellus. Glossy Ibis. 



Tantalus falcinellus (Linne). Syst. Nat., ed. XII., p. 241, 

 1766, Australia. 



No. 234— 5 . Length, 19 inches (12/7/86). 



No. 235— $ . Length, 22.3 inches (12/7/86). 



No. 361— 9 . Length, 20.5 inches (3/8/86). 



Irides, dark brown; lores and eyelids, nearly black, 

 tinged with bluish lead colour where the feathers of the head 

 and cheeks begin; bill— upper mandible, dark brown on the 

 culmen as far as the nostrils, the remainder of the upper 

 mandible light olive brown, which becomes darker at the tip; 

 under mandible, light olive brown, darker at the base, but 

 lighter and tinged with flesh colour on the fork; legs and 

 feet, black, becoming brown on tin 1 upper parts of the tibia. 



78. Spatiierodia regia. Black-billed Spoonbill. 



Platalea regia (Gould). Synops. Birds Austr., Pt. IV., App. 

 p. 7. 1838, New South Wales' 



No, 148— $ . Length, 30.4 inches (17/6/86). 



