188 CICONIID^. 



Ciconiinse {antea, p. 186) :— " Bill elongated, subcorneal, subcylindrical, the end attenu- 

 ated and decurved, with the tip rounded; nostrils decidedly superior; toes long, the 

 middle one half or more the length of the tarsus ; lateral toes unequal, the outer 

 decidedly longer than the inner; claws moderately lengthened, rather narrow, 



claw-like." 



One genus of Wood-Ibises is found in America; while in the Old World a second, 

 Pseudotantalus, occurs in Tropical Asia and Africa, distinguished by having the neck 

 feathered. 



TANTALUS. 

 Tantalus, Linn. Sysfc. Nat. i. p. 240 (1766) ; Ridgw. Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geogr. Surv. iv. p. 249 

 (1878); Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xsvi. p. 321 (1898). 



1. Tantalus loculator. 



Wood Pelican, Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carol, i. p. 81, t. 81 '. 



Tantalus loculator, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 240"; Wagler, Isis, 183], p. 530'; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 



1859, p. 227 ^ Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 253'; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. .334'; Mem. 



Bost. Soe. N. H. ii. p. 309'; BulJ. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 48"; Salv. Ibis, 1865, p. 193'; 



1889, p. 376 '" ; Duges, La Nat. i. p. 142 "; Prantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 376 " ; Sumichr. La 



Nat. V. p. 233 " ; Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 407 "; vi. p. 379 " ; Baird, Brewer, & 



Ridgw. Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 81 "; Ferrari- Peraz, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 171 '' ; 



Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 187 ", 328 " ; Richm. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 527 ''" ; 



A. O. U. Check-1. N. Amer. Birds, p. 69''; Underwood, Ibis, 1896, p. 449"; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 321 ""'. 



Pure albus ; ala spuria, remigibus rectricibusque nigris, aBneo-viridi et purpureo nitentibus, secandariis intimis 

 dorso concoloribus : subtus albus, subcaudalibus longissimis yix filamentosis albis ; capite et collo nudis 

 livide cyanescentibus, purpuraacentibus, scabiosis, pileo aummo grisescenti-flavo : roatro sordide flavicanti- 

 brunneo ; pedibus indigotico-cyaneis, digitis nigris, caerulescenti-griseo squamatis, palmis pallide flavescenti- 

 cameis, unguibus nigris ; iride saturate corylina. Long, tota circa 32-0, alae 18'6, caudae 5-75, culm. 8'0, 

 tarsi 7'5. (Descr. maris aduiti ex Ins. Cozomel. Mus. nostr.) 



Juv. adultis simiKs, sed magis grisescens, capite et coUo magis plumosis, nuchas et colli postici plomis 

 fuscescenti-nigris. 



HoA. NoETH Ameeica, Southern United States from the Ohio Valley, Colorado, Utah, 



S.E. California, &c., casually northwards to Pennsylvania and New York ^i. 



Mexico (Wagler^), hot and temperate regions of both coasts ^^, Santa Efigenia^ 

 {Sumichrast), Mazatian {Grayson "<), Presidio {Porrer ^3), San Bias, Tepic 

 {Richardson ^^), Guanajuato {Duges ^i), Valley of Mexico {Herrera ^^ ^^), Jalapa, 

 Vega de Alatorre (t err ari- Perez "), Vera Cruz {Salle ^), Cozumel I. {Gaumer i" ^3) . 

 Guatemala, Pacific coast *, Chiapam ^, Huamachal ^3, Coban ^3 {Q. S. & P. J). G.) ; 

 Nicaragua, Rio Escondido {Bichmond ^O), San Juan del Sur {Mctting ^^) ; Costa 

 Rica, San Jose {v. Franizius i2), Rio Frio {Richmond 2°), La Palma, Gulf of Nicoya 

 {Nutting ^% Miravalles {Underwood ^^) ; Panama {M'Leannan^).—So\yiB. Ameeica 

 generally to Argentina ^3 



