20 BIRDS OF THE HA]VAf[AN GROUP. 



face dull dark umber, the feathers edged or barred with whitish; rump dusky black; 

 abdomen and under tail coverts white. Female: Black extends farther down on the 

 side of the head and neck; bill and feet black. Length about 23.00, wing i5-00, bill 

 1.75, tarsus 3.00, toe 3.25, tail 6.75. Hab. Hawaii. 



35. N. sandvicen'sis (Via). Hawaiian Goose, Nene. 



Order HERODIONES.-Herons, Ibises, Etc. 



Families. 



a. Bill much cjirved, long and with nasal groove, linear and produced almost to 

 the tip of the bill. (Sub-order Ibides.) Bill almost cylindrical, slender and narrower 

 than deep towards the tip, and curved do^\•nward for nearlj' the whole length. 



(Page 20.) Ibid'idae. 



aa. Bill practically straight; sides of upper mandible without any groove ; hind 

 toe inserted on a level with the anterior ones ; the middle toe with its claw pedlinate 

 (toothed) on the inner edge (Sub-order Herodii); bill lance-shaped or compressed 

 and pointed (Page 21. ) Arde'idse. 



Family IBID'ID^.— Ibises. 



Genus. 



Anterior aspect of the tarsus plated ; head never more than moderately crested 



and not very noticeable; chin, lores and base of cheeks bare, but the latter feathered to 



beyond the anterior line of the eye ; claw of the middle toe nearly straight. Head of 



the adult wholly feathered except lores . . (Page 20.) Pleg'adis. 



Genus PIvDeCADIS Kaup. 



Adult with head, neck and lower portions uniformly chestnut; upper parts 

 metallic green bronze and purple, most brilliant on upper surface of wings and tail; 

 lores lake-red in life, turning brown in skin, or somewhat reddish brown; feathers sur- 

 rounding the base of the bill luhite. Young: With lower parts greyish brown. Length 

 about 19.00-26.00, wing 9.30-10.80, culnien 3.75-6.00, tarsus 3.00-4.40, middle toe 

 2.10-2.85. Hab. Tropical America in general, west coast from Lower California to 

 Oregon. Hawaiian Islands."' (No specimen in Museum.) 



36. P. gfuarauna (Linn.). White-faced Glossy Ibis. 



J^rrofessor Hrighain iiiforni.s me that specimen "found on ^Tolokai, which the natives said was a 'nialihini' or straue-er and 



which were placed in the coHedlion of the society " (Dole, Hawaiian Annual, 1879, p. 41) was one taken by himself from a fl k f fi 



(hiring September or Oiftober, 1S65. The "fragments" were .sub.sequently sent to Professor Baird at the Smithsonian Institution W h" 



IJ. C, and have since been lost track of. Professor Brigham has since satisfied himself that the specimen was Pir^adis This r d ^^^ 



in conne(5lion with the immature bird coUedted by Mr. Knudsen on Kauai in 1872, seems to confirm Mr. Ridgway's belief that P - ^" 



an accidental visitor to the islands from the west coast of America. ' "'"^ ^^ 



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