194 IB1D1DJ£. 



1. Flegadis gnarauna. 



Scolopax guarauna, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 242'. 



Ibis guarauna, Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 530 = ; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 309'. 



Plegadis guarauna, Baird, Brewer, & Ridgway, Water-Birds N. Amer. i. p. 97* ; Ferrari-Perez, Pr. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 171 ' ; Stone, Pr, Acad. Philad. 1890, p. 217 °; AUen, Bull. Amer. 



Mus. N. H. V. p. 33 '; Jouy, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 788"; A. O. U. Check-1. N. Amer. 



Birds, 2nd ed. p. 68'; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 31'°. 

 Ibis ordi, Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 179 "; Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 233 ". 



Falcinellus igneus (nee Gm.), Duges, La Nat. i. p. 142 "; Scl. & Salv. Nomeucl. Av. Neotr. p. 126 ". 

 Plegadis autumnalis (nee Hasselq.), Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 187 ", 328 ". 



Casta neo-rufus, viridi Ditens ; tectricibus alarum tnagis metallice violaceis, viridi vel bronzino nitentibns ; 

 primariis viridibus, secundariis aeneo-bronzinis, his intimis extus cuprescenti-pTirpureis, intus viridibus ; 

 Cauda viridi, purpureo et bronzino nitente ; pileo cristatn pnrpurascenti-cnpreo ; linea frontali alba, pone 

 oculos duL-ta ct ad basin mandibulae extensa ; facie laterali et corpore subtns toto castaneis ; subcaudalibus 

 partim viridibus, partim purpureis ; subalaribus bronzinis, majoribus et remigibus infra viridibus cupreo 

 et purpureo nitentibus : rostro fusco, vix rufescente ; loris, area nuda faciali mentoque pallida coccineis ; 

 pedibus griseo-brunneis vel coccineis ; iride coccinea. Long, tota circa 18'5, alae 10*6, caudse 3"7, 

 culm. 5-3, tarsi 4-0. (Descr. maris adulti ex Brownsville, Texas. Mus. nostr.) 



5 mari similis, sed minor et rostro breviore. Long, tota circa 16'0, culm. 4:'2. (Descr. feminae adaltffi ex 

 Corpus Christi, Texas, ilns. nostr.) 



PtU. Mem. Brunneus, metallice purpureo, viridi et bronzino nitens ; alis magis distincte metallice viridibus ; 

 pileo et collo gastraeoque toto griseo-fuscis ; capite undique et collo superiore albido minute striolatis ; alis 

 infra metallice viridibus. (Descr. maris adulti ex Presidio, Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 



Juv. ptilosi hiemali similis; pileo et collo fnscis, illo albo striolato : notaeo reliquo metallice olivaceo-viriJi ; 

 gastraeo fusco, gutture minute albido striate : rostro brevi (3'0). (Descr. av. juv. ex Buenos Ayres. 

 Mus. nostr.) 



Ilab. North America, Western United States from Texas to California, Oregon, and 

 casually to Southern British Columbia, Kansas, and Florida^. — ^Ietico {Wagler^, 

 Sumichrast^^), Cachuta, Sonora (Bobinette"), Mazatlan {Grai/sou^), Manzanilla 

 Bay {Xantus^}, Presidio de Mazatlan (Forrer^^), Guanajuato, Guadalajara 

 (Duges ^% Valley of Mexico {White ^'^ '^^), Lake of Xochimilco {Eerrera^^^^), 

 Laguna de Epatlan, Puebla, Laguna del Rosario, Tlaxcala {Ferrari-Perez % 

 Lake Patzcuaro, Orizaba {Baker ^, Jouy^), Tampico, Presas, Soto La Marina, 

 Tamaulipas, Tamiagua, Tuxpan, Pueblo Viejo {Berlandier^'^). — South America 

 to Southern Brazil, Chile, and Patagonia i" ; Antilles lo, San Domingo ^° ; 

 Hawaiiajs' Is. i". 



P. guarauna, Avhich differs from the common Glossy Ibis in having a white frontal 

 band, is an inhabitant of "Western North America, and is very plentiful in Mexico, in 

 all marshy places in the central tableland, and in the vicinity of small streams 

 and lakes. So far as we know, it has not been recorded from any of the other 

 countries of Central America ; but it winters in Southern Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and 

 Patagonia, and has been found in San Domingo, and even in the Sandwich Islands. 



This Ibis is described as easy and graceful in its movements, and a bird of rapid 

 flight. Its food consists of insects, small Crustacea, &c. The nest is generally 



