NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



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WHITE-FACED GLOSSY IBIS. 



ROSEATE SPOONBILL. 



Fortunately, this remarkable bird takes kindly to captivity, 

 and the Zoological Park is never without a good-sized flock. 

 Their strange form, showy colors and droll attitudes render 

 them unusually interesting to visitors. 



With the birds of the above species are shown a few speci- 

 mens of the European Flamingo, (P. roseus), which is al- 

 most white. The only parts which show the characteristic 

 scarlet of this genus, are the wing coverts, which are pale 

 red, or pink. 



The Scarlet Ibis, (Guam rubra), is for its size the most 

 showy bird in existence, not even excepting the birds of 

 paradise. Excepting the black primaries, every feather on 

 the adult bird in perfect plumage is of a brilliant Chinese 

 vermilion color, visible in nature for a long distance. The 

 immature birds are mottled and patched with white. This 

 species once came as far north as southern Florida, but now 

 it is found only from Cuba southward. They frequent the 

 mud banks at the various mouths of the Orinoco, and not 

 long since were quite abundant on the coast of British 

 Guiana. 



The White-Faced Glossy Ibis, (Plegadis guarauna) , is not 

 a rare bird in captivity, and it will doubtless be possible to 

 maintain this species perpetually in the Flying Cage and 

 Aquatic-Bird House. 



The Wood Ibis, (Tantalus locuhtor). — The Park obtains 

 its supply of birds of this species from Florida, where they 

 breed, in very greatly reduced numbers, on the headwaters 

 of the St. Johns. This bird is a very satisfactory member of 

 avian society. Although amply large to lord it over the 



