694 OHIO BIRDS. 



497-8. For Pblgadis wherever found, read Plkgadis. 



498. Plegadis falcinellus. Dr. H. C. Waiin iDformed me several months since of the 

 reported capture of an Ibis in Greene connty, several miles from Xenia. He 

 was nnable to give any particnlars or identification, except that the bird 

 was taken alive and partly domesticated. Dr. Wann referred me to H. 

 McQaiston, Esq., of Xenia, as possibly able to obtain definite information. 

 He kindly furnishes the following, under date of April uO, 1881 : 



" The party who captured the bird spoken of by Dr. Wann is Mr. Edward 

 Ferguson, a farmer living six and a half miles south ol this city. 



' ' He say s he found the bird in Ms house- yard immed lately after a storm of 

 rain, etc., in May or June of 1878, and kept it for some weeks, when it 

 died. He saj s it would eat crumbs from the table, worms, etc., and ftom 

 his description I would say it was a young Glossy Ibis, the marks, color, 

 curved bill, etc., convince me it is that bird. I read your description of each 

 of the Ibis family to him, and he at once said that of the young Glossy Ibis 

 was a good description of the bird ; he says it was not quite two feet long, 

 but otherwise the description was perfect ; and I suppose it being a young 

 bird, and he says it certainly was a young one, would account for the diff- 

 erence in length. He did not preserve the bird or any part of it." 



511. Porzana noveloracmaia. " Is not so rare as generally supposed. For the last four 

 years I have secured one or two each season. They are extremely difficult 

 to move, and unless you have a good Rail dog jou may pass within two or 

 three yards of them without making them fly. Two of my specimens were 

 caught by dogs, seemingly preferring capture to flight." — {ChvJib.) 



The following" changes in Families and Family Nomenclature, afi'ecting the nomencla- 

 ture and arrangement of groups represented in Ohio, are adopted by Mr. Ridgway. 

 Changes are indicated by comparing with the corresponding group of Dr. Cones. 



Couea, 1872. Ridgway, 1881. 



STLVlCOLID.aE= MNIOTILTID.ffi). 



Tantai,in.«:= C1C0NID.S;. 



lBiDiN-a;= lBiDiD.ffi;. 



H^MATOPODlDiE CXCl. STRBPSLLAS= H.a;MATOPODID.«;. 



STKEP8ILA8= STBEPSILlWiE. 



GKACULIDiE= PHALACROCOKACID^ffl;. 



liASXDM excl. LESTEIDINiE= LAEID.ffl;. 



LESTKLDINiB;= STEECORAKIIl).a). 



PODICIPIDie;= PODlClPlTlDiE. 



[D.J BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OHIO ORNITHOEOGY. 



In the preparation of the following pages I am indebted to Dr. Elliott 

 Coues, U. S. A., J. J. Barber, Esq., of this city, and Dr. Frank W. Lang- 



