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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Guara 
  alba 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

   White 
  Ibis 
  

  

  Scolopax 
  alba 
  Linnaeus. 
  Syst. 
  Xat. 
  Ed. 
  lo. 
  1758. 
  1:145 
  

   Ibis 
  alba 
  DeKav. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  230 
  

   Guara 
  alba 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  184 
  

  

  guara, 
  South 
  American 
  name; 
  al'ba, 
  Lat., 
  white 
  

  

  Description. 
  Adult: 
  White; 
  tips 
  of 
  four 
  or 
  more 
  outer 
  primaries 
  

   black; 
  the 
  bare 
  face, 
  bill 
  and 
  legs 
  orange-red, 
  the 
  bill 
  tipped 
  with 
  dusky; 
  

   iris 
  light 
  blue. 
  Young: 
  Grayish 
  brown, 
  rump, 
  base 
  of 
  tail 
  and 
  under 
  

   parts 
  white; 
  face 
  and 
  bill 
  yellowish; 
  legs 
  bluish 
  gray; 
  iris 
  brown. 
  

  

  Length 
  24-26 
  inches; 
  extent 
  40; 
  wing 
  11-12.5; 
  tail 
  5; 
  bill 
  5-7, 
  from 
  

   the 
  nose 
  4.6; 
  tarsus 
  3.4-3.5 
  ; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  2.5. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  find 
  any 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   on 
  Long 
  Island 
  since 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  Giraud, 
  who 
  records 
  a 
  specimen 
  which 
  was 
  

   shot 
  at 
  Raynor 
  South 
  in 
  the 
  simimer 
  of 
  1836, 
  and 
  another 
  procured 
  at 
  

   Moriches 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  March 
  1843. 
  About 
  the 
  3^ear 
  1895 
  one 
  was 
  

   killed 
  near 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  and 
  mounted 
  by 
  a 
  taxidermist 
  in 
  Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  

   where 
  the 
  fresh 
  specimen 
  was 
  observed 
  by 
  David 
  Bruce 
  and 
  recorded 
  in 
  

   his 
  correspondence 
  with 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  home 
  of 
  the 
  White 
  ibis, 
  or 
  "Spanish 
  curlew," 
  is 
  in 
  tropical 
  America, 
  

   extending 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  southern 
  Illinois 
  and 
  South 
  Carolina. 
  It 
  is 
  purely 
  

   accidental 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State. 
  

  

  Plegadis 
  autumnalis 
  (Hasselquist) 
  

   Glossy 
  Ibis 
  

  

  Tringa 
  autumnalis 
  Hasselquist. 
  Reise 
  nach 
  Palastina. 
  Deutsche 
  Ausg. 
  1762. 
  

  

  p. 
  306 
  

   Ibis 
  mexicanus 
  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  231 
  

   Plegadis 
  autumnalis 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  ^'0. 
  iSO 
  

  

  pleg'adis, 
  Gr. 
  TrX-qya^, 
  7rAy;yaSo5, 
  a 
  sickle 
  ; 
  autumnd'lis, 
  autumnal 
  

  

  Description. 
  Adult: 
  Rich 
  dark 
  chestnut, 
  glossed 
  on 
  the 
  back, 
  wings,, 
  

   tail, 
  front 
  of 
  head 
  with 
  purplish 
  green; 
  sides 
  and 
  lining 
  of 
  wings 
  dusky 
  

   greenish; 
  primaries 
  greenish 
  black; 
  bill 
  and 
  legs 
  blackish; 
  bare 
  face 
  slaty 
  

   blue 
  or 
  greenish; 
  iris 
  brown. 
  Young: 
  head 
  and 
  neck 
  grayish 
  brow^n 
  

  

  