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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



autumndlis). — A bright, chestnut-colored ibis, with brilliant, 

 purplish and greenish reflections on the back, wings, under tail 

 coverts, and the front of the head. The young is a blackish- 

 brown bird, with greenish reflections on the back. This is a 

 rare species in the United States. 



Length, 24; wing, 11 (10-12) ; tail, 4; tarsus, 3J ; culmen, i\-h\. 

 Warmer parts of the Old World, the West Indies, and southeastern 

 United States, wandering north to New England and Illinois. 



4. White-faced Glossy Ibis (187. Plegadis guardund). — A 

 bird similar to the last. The young is so nearly like the 



young of the glossy ibis 

 ^ ...^^^^^"■"""■^^^ that the determination 



must be more or less un- 

 certain, but the adult has 

 White-faoed Olossy Ibis ^j^-^g feathers around the 



The lores are red in life, while those of ZSTo. 3 



base of the bill, 

 are greenish. 



Length, 24 ; wing, 10| ; tail, 4 ; tarsus, 3| ; culmen, 3|-6. 

 United States from Texas to 

 California and Oregon ; casually 

 to Kansas and Florida; south- 

 ward to West ladies, Mexico, 

 and South America. 



FAMILY XLVIII. SPOOX- 

 BILLS (PLATALEIDiE) 



A small family (6 species) 

 of long-legged, long-necked, 

 heron-like shore birds, with 

 peculiarly broadened, spoon- 

 shaped bills. They all live 

 in warm countries, and are 

 usually found in flocks. 

 Their method of obtaining 

 food is peculiar. The bill 

 is placed in the soft mud 



Western 



BrOseate Spoonbill 



