Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — -Cory. 



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Subfamily MYCTERIIN^. Wood Ibises. 



Genus MYCTERIA Linn. 

 78. Mycteria americana Linn. 



Wood Ibis. 



Tantalus loculator Linn., A. O. U. Check List, 1895, p. 69. 



Distr.: Southern United States, California to the Carolinas and 

 southward, Middle America to the Argentine Republic; common 

 in Florida and some of the Gulf states; casual north to Pennsylvania, 

 New Y(5rk, and Illinois; accidental in Wisconsin. 



Adult: Head and neck, bare (bluish in life, black in dried skins); 

 bill, brownish yellow; legs, bluish; toes, black, the webs, yellowish; 

 general plumage, white; primaries, primary coverts and tail, black. 



