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our small lakes in the interior." Kumlien and Hollister (Birds 

 of Wisconsin, 1903, p. 32) state: "The sole, actual and positively 

 authentic record, however, entitling the Spoonbill to a place in the 

 present list is from the fragments, head, wing, and leg of a specimen 

 procured by Indians at Indian Ford on Rock River, near Janesville, 

 in August, 1845, and preserved by Thure Kumlien. These remains 

 are still extant in the Kumlien collection." 



Family IBIDIDt^. Ibises. 



Ibises are restricted to the warmer parts of the world. Of the 30 

 or more known species, three occur in North America. They are gre- 

 garious, usually being found in colonies. They frequent the salt 

 water marshes and lagoons as well as inland swamps, rivers, and 

 ponds, being rarely found away from the vicinity of water. Their 

 food consists of fish, frogs, lizards, and small crustaceans. They 

 nest both in trees and marshes. 



