FAMILY IBIDIDjE. 



IBISES. 



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FAMILY IBIDID/E. 



Ibises. 



Bill, long, rather slender, and decidedly curved downward ; tarsus, 

 always less than five inches long ; toes, four, all on the same level, no comb= 

 like ed%e on side of middle toe nail ; wing, from 8.50 to 13 inches long. 



Wing, less than 10.50 inches long. 



General plumage, purplish rhestuut, showing purplish rcllections on head, and greeiiisli 

 on wiugs; axillars and under wing (•o\erts, purplish lironze; feathers, bordering base of 

 bill, whitish. Plerjadh fiuarainm. White-faced Glossy Ibis. 



General plumage, dark chestnut; feathers, at base of bill, not white. 



Fleijddix iiiiliiiitiiiilis. Qlossy Ibis. 



Set. \(i. 142. 



General plumage, white; primaries, blackish (adult). 



ffiiarn nlliii. White Ibis. 

 Sr.' Xo. 140. 



General plumage, brownish or grayish, often more or less mixed lirowu, gray and while; 

 rump, white (immature). (in,ir<i alha. White Ibis. 



See No. 140. 



General plumage, scarlet. Tli" young Scarlet Ibis somewiiat r(>send)les the young W'liito 

 Ibis but differs in having the rump not wliite. liiiam. riihra. Scarlet Ibis. 



See Xo. 141. 



