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and wide borders to exterior primaries (chiefly on outer webs), deep snuff-brown. 
Length about 28.00-35,00, wing 14.10-15.30, culmen 6.20-7.15, greatest width of 
bill 2.00-2.20, tarsus 3.75-4.65, middle toe 2.95-3.35. eggs 2.57 X 1.78, ovate, white, 
or butfy white, blotched, spotted, and stained with various shades of brown. Hab. 
Tropical America in general, north to southern Atlantic and Gulf States, and casually 
(formerly at least) to California and southern Illinois. 
183. A. ajaja (Linn.). Roseate Spoonbill. 
Famity IBIDIDAZ.—Tue Isises. (Page 122.) 
Genera. 
a’. Head of adult wholly naked anteriorly ; feathers of crown short, close, and 
blended; plumage of wings and tail pure white or scarlet in adult (the 
former with glossy black tips to longer quills), dull grayish brown or dusky 
BI SCOUT Gras teen ou cee ginesateaseienouina Soaiseaae Guara. (Page 123.) 
a’. Head of adult wholly feathered, except lores; feathers of crown distinctly 
lanceolate and slightly elongated, forming a short rounded crest when 
erected; plumage of wings and tail highly metallic, in both old and young. 
Plegadis. (Page 123.) 
Genus GUARA Rurcuensacu. (Page 123, pl. XXX., fig. 2.) 
Species. 
Common CHaractErs.—Adults with the plumage entirely uniform white or 
scarlet, except tips of the longer quills, which are glossy black. Young, uniform 
dark brownish gray, the belly white. Eggs greenish white, buffy, or pale brown- 
ish, stained, blotched, and spotted with brown. 
a, Adult: Pure white (tinted with delicate pink in freshly-killed specimens), the 
tips of the longer quills glossy greenish black. Young: Uniform grayish 
brown, the rump, tail-coverts, base of tail, and under parts of body white. 
Length 21.50--27.50, wing 10.30-11.75, culmen 4.15-6.30, tarsus 3.10-4.00, 
middle toe 2.15-2.70. Hggs 2.24 x 1.48. Hab. Tropical America in general, 
including West Indies; north, regularly, to North Carolina, southern Illinois 
and Indiana, and Lower California, casually to Great Salt Lake, Long Island, 
and Connecticut. ........sscscecececeseorenessees 184. G. alba (Linn.). White Ibis. 
a’. Adult: Pure intense scarlet, the tips of the longer primaries glossy blue-black. 
Young: Dark brownish gray, the belly white. Length about 28.00-30.00, 
wing 10.80-11.00, culmen 6.00-6.50, tarsus 3.70-3.80, middle toe 2.55-2.60 
Eggs 2.12 X 1.46. Hab. Eastern coasts of tropical America, north, casually, 
to Florida, Louisiana, and Texas......... 185. G. rubra (Linn.). Searlet Ibis. 
Gznus PLEGADIS Kaur. (Page 123, pl. XXX., fig. 1.) 
Species. 
Common Cuaracters.—Adults with head, neck, and (in some species) lower 
parts uniform chestnut, the upper parts metallic green, bronze, and purple, most 
