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or somewhat shield-shaped, plate ; nostrils subbasal ; tertials longer than 
primaries, and with their webs compact or normal. 
Tantalus. (Page 125.) 
6. Adult with only the front part of the head (all round) naked, the skin not 
scurfy or corrugated; nostrils strictly basal; tertials shorter than pri- 
maries, and with their webs somewhat decomposed...... Pseudotantalus. 
ev, Bill straight to the tip or else slightly recurved toward end, the tip pointed; 
toes short, the middle one much less than half as long as the tarsus. (Sub- 
family Ciconiine.) 
b'. Entire head and neck feathered, except lores and a narrow strip on each 
side of throat; bill straight to the tip; tail very short and deeply 
forked, the broad and stiffened lower tail-coverts extending far beyond 
WO UD sea seweecepsesag cist dies sleanauie suuclesieieeeabe saavaduaeus Vesaserdecdwaess’ Huxenura? 
6’, Entire head and neck (except occipital patch) naked ; bill enormously large, 
slightly recurved toward tip; tail normal....... Mycteria. (Page 125.) 
Genus TANTALUS Linnavus. (Page 125, pl. XXXI., fig. 2.) 
Species. 
Adult: Plumage white, the remiges and tail glossy greenish black, with purple 
and bronze reflections; under wing-coverts pale rose-pink in breeding plumage; 
bill and naked scurfy skin of head and upper neck dull grayish dusky. Young: 
Head covered, except anteriorly, with rather scant, somewhat “woolly,” feathers, 
the neck also entirely feathered; plumage of head and ueck grayish brown, be- 
coming darker on occiput, where inclining to dark sooty; rest of plumage as in 
adult, but white duller, or more grayish (said to be wholly replaced by dusky gray 
in very young birds), and black of remiges and tail less metallic. Immature (second 
year ?): Head entirely bare and scurfy as in adult, but whole neck feathered, as in 
young; plumage intermediate. Length 35.00-45.00, wing 17.60-19.50, culmen 6.10- 
7.30, tarsus 7.00-8.50, middle toe 3.85-4.30. Eggs 2-3, 2.74 x 1.80, chalk-white, 
usually more or less stained, in streaks, with pale brownish. Hab. Whole of tropical 
and warm-temperate America, north to New York (casual), Ohio, Indiana, Wiscon- 
sin, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California.. 188. T. loculator Linn. Wood Ibis. 
Genus MYCTERIA Linnaws. (Page 125, pl. XXXII, fig. 1.) 
Species. 
Adult: Plumage entirely white; bill, naked skin of head and neck, with legs 
and feet, black, the lower part of the naked neck encircled by a collar of bright 
red (in life). Young: Plumage entirely, or prevailingly, brownish gray; occiput 
crested with a somewhat “bushy” tuft of blackish hair-like feathers. Length about 
1 Pseudotantalue Rivaw., Pr. U. 8. Nat. Mus. v. 1883, 550. Type, Tantalus iZie Linn. 
2 Buxenura Ravaw., Bull. U. 8. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. iv. No. 1, 1878, 250. Type, Ardea maguari 
QmeEL. 
