﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  243 
  

  

  Streaked 
  with 
  whitish; 
  upper 
  parts 
  dusky 
  green; 
  bill 
  yellowish 
  and 
  dusky; 
  

  

  legs 
  yellowish. 
  , 
  

  

  Length 
  24 
  inches; 
  extent 
  36; 
  wing 
  10-11.6; 
  tail 
  4; 
  bill 
  4-5-5-5; 
  tibia 
  

   bare 
  2.5 
  ; 
  tarsus 
  3-4; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  about 
  3. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  an 
  occasional 
  summer 
  visitant 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  Besides 
  

   many 
  rumors 
  of 
  its 
  being 
  seen, 
  Ave 
  have 
  the 
  following 
  records 
  of 
  specimens 
  

   taken 
  : 
  

  

  Southampton, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Sept. 
  12, 
  

  

  1847. 
  Dutcher, 
  Auk, 
  10: 
  271 
  

   Canarsie 
  bay, 
  L. 
  I. 
  Oct. 
  10, 
  

  

  1848. 
  Dutcher, 
  Auk, 
  10: 
  271 
  

   Auburn, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1854. 
  WiUiam 
  

  

  Hopkins, 
  Best. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  

  

  Hist. 
  Proc. 
  5:13 
  

   Tonawanda 
  swamp, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  May 
  

  

  1889. 
  Posson, 
  Auk, 
  17: 
  193 
  

   Dunkirk, 
  N.Y. 
  April 
  1894. 
  (J. 
  

  

  W.Ware). 
  Savage, 
  Auk, 
  12; 
  

  

  393. 
  (A 
  specimen 
  evidently 
  

  

  this 
  same 
  bird 
  reported 
  by 
  

  

  Kirkover, 
  Auk, 
  15: 
  50) 
  

   Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1898. 
  (Miller, 
  

  

  JNlewar 
  , 
  . 
  .). 
  ■ 
  Glossy 
  ibis. 
  Plegadis 
  autumnalis 
  (Hasselquist). 
  From 
  

  

  Seneca 
  river, 
  J\. 
  Y. 
  May 
  1902. 
  specimen 
  (immature) 
  in 
  state 
  Museum, 
  i 
  nat. 
  size 
  

  

  3 
  seen, 
  i 
  shot. 
  F. 
  S. 
  Wright 
  

   Cavuea 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Mav 
  n, 
  1907. 
  (3 
  seen, 
  2 
  taken). 
  (Parker). 
  Fuertes, 
  Auk, 
  24: 
  338 
  

  

  " 
  , 
  , 
  i( 
  a 
  (I 
  

  

  " 
  May 
  21, 
  1907. 
  (3 
  seen). 
  

  

  The 
  Glossy 
  ibis 
  inhabits 
  the 
  tropical 
  and 
  warm 
  temperate 
  zones. 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  straying 
  northward 
  to 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  and 
  New 
  

  

  England. 
  The 
  specimens 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr 
  Parker 
  in 
  the 
  Montezuma 
  marshes 
  

  

  were 
  evidently 
  about 
  to 
  breed, 
  the 
  ova 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  being 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  

  

  BB 
  shot. 
  

  

  Plegadis 
  guarauna 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

  

  White-faced 
  Glossy 
  Ibis 
  

  

  Scolop 
  ax 
  guar 
  aun 
  a 
  Linnaeus. 
  Svst. 
  Nat. 
  Ed. 
  12. 
  1766. 
  1:242 
  

   Plegadis 
  guarauna 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No 
  187 
  

  

  guarau'na, 
  South 
  American 
  name 
  

  

  Distinguishing 
  marks. 
  Similar, 
  both 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  color 
  to 
  the 
  Glossy 
  

  

  ibis, 
  but 
  the 
  lores 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  species 
  are 
  lake-red 
  in 
  life 
  and 
  the 
  feathers 
  

  

  