﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  245 
  

  

  legs 
  blue; 
  feet 
  blackish, 
  the 
  webs 
  stained 
  with 
  yellow; 
  iris 
  dark 
  brown. 
  

   Young: 
  Head 
  and 
  neck 
  downy; 
  plumage 
  grayish 
  brown, 
  the 
  head 
  becoming 
  

   bare 
  and 
  the 
  plumage 
  white 
  with 
  age. 
  

  

  Length 
  35-46 
  inches; 
  extent 
  66; 
  wing 
  17. 
  7-19. 
  5; 
  bill 
  from 
  nostril 
  

   7-8, 
  depth 
  at 
  base 
  2 
  or 
  more; 
  tibia 
  bare 
  6; 
  tarsus 
  7-8.5; 
  middle 
  toe 
  

   and 
  claw 
  4.75; 
  weight 
  9-12 
  

   pounds. 
  

  

  The 
  home 
  of 
  the 
  Wood 
  

   ibis, 
  or 
  American 
  wood 
  

   stork, 
  is 
  in 
  tropical 
  and 
  

   austral 
  America 
  northward 
  

   to 
  Virginia, 
  Illinois 
  and 
  

   California. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  acciden- 
  

   tal 
  occurrence 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  

   five 
  specimens 
  having 
  been 
  

   taken 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Sand 
  Lake, 
  Rensselaer 
  co., 
  X. 
  Y. 
  

  

  June 
  24, 
  1876. 
  (2). 
  F. 
  S. 
  

  

  Webster, 
  X. 
  O. 
  C. 
  Bui. 
  i 
  : 
  96 
  

   Glennie 
  Falls, 
  Ulster 
  co., 
  X. 
  Y. 
  

  

  July 
  8, 
  1884. 
  Fisher, 
  Auk, 
  

  

  2:221 
  

   East 
  Marion, 
  L. 
  I. 
  June 
  21: 
  

  

  1890. 
  Dutcher, 
  Auk, 
  10, 
  

  

  266 
  

   East 
  Galway, 
  Saratoga 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Aug. 
  1896. 
  S. 
  R. 
  IngersoU 
  

  

  & 
  A. 
  S. 
  B 
  rower 
  

  

  Family 
  JVRDEIID^^^E 
  

  

  Bitterns 
  and 
  Herons 
  

   Bill 
  narrow, 
  wedge- 
  

   shaped, 
  straight, 
  about 
  as 
  wood 
  ibis, 
  m 
  

   long 
  as 
  tarsus, 
  with 
  long 
  

   nasal 
  fossae 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  scutellate 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  toes 
  long 
  and 
  slender 
  ; 
  claw 
  of 
  middle 
  

   toe 
  pectinate, 
  or 
  comblike; 
  hind 
  toe 
  very 
  long 
  on 
  level 
  with 
  front 
  toe 
  and 
  

   its 
  claw 
  long 
  and 
  curved 
  in 
  the 
  true 
  herons, 
  straighter 
  in 
  the 
  bitterns; 
  

   head 
  long, 
  narrow, 
  flattened 
  and 
  sloping 
  gradually 
  to 
  the 
  bill; 
  gullet 
  capa- 
  

  

  ycteria 
  americana 
  Linnaeus, 
  

   in 
  State 
  Museum. 
  J 
  nat. 
  size 
  

  

  From 
  specimen 
  

  

  