200 IBIDID^. 



Leucorodia, the late Latin form of XevxepuiSios (Arietotle, H. A. viii. 3, 12), 

 whioli is from XevKos = white, and epuiSios or pwStos = a Heron. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A scarce Bird of 

 Passage to the south-eastern coast of England during the 

 spring and autumn migration ; also a tolerably frequent 

 visitor to the south coasts of England and Wales, usually 

 in autumn. In Yorkshire it has been observed about nine 

 times, but is rare elsewhere in Great Britain, though 

 stragglers have been recorded from the Inner Hebrides 

 and the Orkney and Shetland Islands. In Ireland it has 

 occurred about thirty-seven times, chiefly in the maritime 

 districts of the south. Formerly it bred in Norfolk, 

 Suffolk, Sussex, Middlesex^ and Pembrokeshire. 



General Distrihution. — The Spoonbill breeds locally in 

 Europe south of about 56° N. latitude, in Holland, Spain, the 

 Danube valley, Black sea district, and south Russia ; also in 

 Transcaspia, the Kirghiz Steppes, India, Ceylon, and China. 

 ]t is resident in northern and eastern Africa. In winter it 

 visits tropical Africa and India. It wanders to Scandinavia, 

 north Russia, Heligoland, the Azores, Madeira, and the Canary 

 Islands and Japan. The form found in India and eastwards 

 has, on the average^ a rather longer bill than that found 

 in Europe. In cistern Asia, Australia, and south Africa 

 allied species are met with. 



Family IBIDID^. 



Genus PLEGADIS Kaup, Naturl. Syst. 1829, p. 82, 

 1828, p. 158. 



Type: p. falclnellus (Linn.). 



Plegadis, from TrXijyds, gen. TtXriynSos, a eickle, in allusion to the ourTed bUl. 



Plegadis falcinellus. Glossy Ibis. 



Tantalus falcinellus Limueus, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 

 1766, p. 241 : Austria. 



Plegadis falcinellus {Linn.) ; B. 0. U. List, Ist ed. 1883, p. 113 ; 



