54 RESIDENTS AND MIGBANTS. 



Fam. TANTALID^. 



GLOSSY IBIS. Ibis falcinellus (Gmelin). 



Formerly seen often enough in England to be known 

 to gunners and fishermen as the Black Curlew* ; but 

 now a rare visitant, generally appearing in autumn. 



Fam. PLATALEID^. 



SPOONBILL. Platalea leucorodia, Linnaeus. 



Formerly resident, now only an occasional visitant. 

 According to Sir Thomas Browne f, this bird used to 

 nest at Claxton and Reedham in Norfolk, and at 

 Trimley in Suffolk. 



Fam. CICONIIDiE. 



WHITE STOEK. Oiconia alba, Bechstein. 



An irregular visitant to England, rarer in Scotland, 

 and has been once procured in Ireland. 



Fam. GEUIDiE. 



COMMON CEANE. Grus cinerea, Bechstein. 



According to Eay, and Willughby, the Crane was 

 formerly resident in the British Islands. Turner 

 says % " Earum pipiones ipse ssepissime vidi." Leslie 



* Lubbock's 'Fauna of Norfolk' (1845), p. 54. 



t Sir Thomas Browne's Works (Wilkin's ed.), vol. iv. p. 315. 



X Historia Avium, 1548. 



