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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  siirrounding 
  the 
  hare 
  skin 
  of 
  the 
  face 
  are 
  white, 
  instead 
  of 
  blackish 
  as 
  in 
  

  

  the 
  preceding 
  species; 
  iris 
  red. 
  

  

  The 
  home 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  tropical 
  and 
  warm 
  temperate 
  America, 
  

  

  and 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  extends 
  from 
  Texas 
  and 
  southern 
  California 
  to 
  

  

  Wyoming 
  and 
  Washington. 
  It 
  has 
  

   been 
  found 
  in 
  Florida, 
  but 
  is 
  ex- 
  

   tremely 
  rare 
  or 
  purely 
  accidental 
  

   in 
  the 
  other 
  eastern 
  states. 
  Its 
  

   place 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  ornithology 
  

   rests 
  on 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  

   New 
  York 
  State 
  Museiim 
  [No. 
  205] 
  

   which 
  was 
  taken 
  on 
  Grand 
  Island, 
  

   Niagara 
  river, 
  August 
  1844 
  [see 
  

   N. 
  Y. 
  State 
  Mus. 
  3d 
  An. 
  Rep't, 
  

   p. 
  22; 
  also, 
  Auk, 
  3: 
  253-54]. 
  

  

  Family 
  CICONIIDA.E> 
  

  

  Storks 
  

  

  Bill 
  very 
  stout 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  

   broad 
  as 
  forehead, 
  long, 
  decurved 
  

   at 
  the 
  tip 
  in 
  our 
  species, 
  not 
  

   grooved; 
  nasal 
  fossae 
  wanting; 
  

   tarsi 
  mostly 
  reticulate 
  ; 
  claws 
  on 
  a 
  

   horny 
  "shoe," 
  the 
  middle 
  one 
  not 
  

   pectinate 
  ; 
  nasals 
  holorhinal 
  ; 
  semi- 
  

   tendinosus 
  muscle 
  and 
  its 
  acces- 
  

   sory 
  xDresent; 
  accessor^ 
  femorocaudal 
  absent; 
  two 
  coeca; 
  no 
  powder-down. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  18 
  species 
  or 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  Stork 
  famih' 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  warmer 
  

   regions 
  of 
  the 
  globe. 
  The 
  Wood 
  ibis, 
  so 
  miscalled, 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  New 
  York 
  

   species. 
  

  

  Mycteria 
  americana 
  Linnaeus 
  

  

  Wood 
  Ibis 
  

  

  Mycteria 
  americana 
  Linnaeus. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  Ed. 
  10. 
  1758. 
  1:140 
  

   T 
  an 
  t 
  alus 
  lo 
  cul 
  at 
  or 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  188 
  

  

  mycte'ria, 
  Gr. 
  fJLVKTrjpL^o), 
  to 
  turn 
  up 
  the 
  nose 
  

  

  Description. 
  Adult: 
  White, 
  the 
  wing 
  quills, 
  primary 
  coverts 
  and 
  tail 
  

   glossy 
  black; 
  bald 
  head 
  "livid 
  bluish 
  and 
  yellow^ish:" 
  bill 
  dingy 
  yellowish; 
  

  

  White-faced 
  glossy 
  ibis. 
  Plegadis 
  guarauna 
  (Lin- 
  

   naeus) 
  . 
  New 
  York 
  specimen 
  in 
  State 
  Rluseum. 
  I 
  nat. 
  size 
  

  

  