92 CHECK-LIST OP NOKTH AMEBICAN BIRDS. 



[Guara rubra (Linnjsus). Scarlet Ibis. [185.] 



Scohpax rubra LinnjEus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 145. (Bahamas.) 



Range. — Tropical South America; casual in the West Indies and 

 Central America; recorded as a straggler to Colorado, Arizona, 

 New Mexico, Louisiana, and Florida.] 



Genus PLEGADIS Kaup. 



Plegadis Kacp, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw., 1829, 82. Type, by 

 monotypy, Tantalus falcineUus Linnaeus = Tringa autumnalis Lin- 

 naeus. 



Plegadis autumn&lis (Linn^us). Glossy Ibis. [186.] 



Tringa autumnalis Linn^etts, in Hasselqtjist, Reise Palast., 1762, 306. 

 (Egypt.) 



Range. — Tropical and subtropical regions, mainly of Eastern 

 Hemisphere. Rare and local in southeastern United States from 

 Louisiana to Florida, and in the West Indies; casual north to Mis- 

 souri, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario, and Nova Scotia. 



Plegadis guarafina (Linn^us). White-faced Glossy Ibis. [187.] 

 Scohpax guarauna Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 242. (Brazil.) 



Range. — Temperate and tropical America from southern Oregon, 

 Arizona, Texas, and Florida south through Mexico to southern South 

 America; casual north to British Columbia, Wyoming, and Nebraska. 



