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181. *01or buccinator (Richardson) — Trumpeter Swan. 



Now rare and apparently never known to be common. Recorded 

 from localities along the Platte river, Omaha, North Platte, and Grant 

 and Cherry counties. J. M. Bates reports this species as having for- 

 merly bred on Watt's lake, Cherry county, and it probably was once 

 a breeder about many of the lakes of the sand-hill region. 



EXTRALIMITAL: 134a. Anas fulvigula maculosa "(Sennett), the 

 Mottled Duck, breeds from Texas to middle Kansas and may reach 

 southern Nebraska. 172c. Branta canadensis minima Ridgway, the 

 Cackling Goose of the northwest coast, has been taken in the interior 

 as far east as Wisconsin and mav reach Nebraska during migrations. 



ORDER V. HERODIONES— Herons, Stokks, Ibises, Etc. 

 A. Sides of upper mandible with a deep narrow groove. Bill slender, 



nearly round, not widened at end, and decurved throughout. . . . 



. . . . Ibidae. 



A. Sides of upper mandible without a groove (B) 



B. Middle toe not pectinaite, hind toe elevated above others. . 



Ciconiidae. 



B. Middle toe pectinate, hind toe on same level with others. .Ardeidae. 



Family IBID.* — Ibises 

 1. General color white in adult, grayish brown above and white below 



in young White Ibis. 



1. Chestnut with purplish and greenish reflections in adult; dark brown 



with greenish reflections on the back in young (2) 



2. Lores greenish in life ; feathers around bill same color as back . . 



Glossy Ibis. 



2. Lores red ; feathers around bill white. . . . White-faced Glossy Ibis. 



186. Plegadis autumnalis (Hasselquist) — Glossy Ibis. 



A specimen taken near Omaha, Bruner thinks at Cut-off lake, is 

 now in the University museum, and there are two specimens in the 

 collection of L, Sessions, of Norfolk, taken at that place. Straggler 

 in summer from the southeast. 



187. Plegadis guarauna (Linnaeus) — White-faced Glossy Ibis. 



A straggler from the south. Two specimens are recorded from 

 Omaha, by I. S. Trostler and L. Skow; one killed near Florence lake, 

 Aug. 19, 1893, and a second near Cut-off lake, Apr. 6, 1897. A speci- 

 men was secured years ago, according to Bruner, by Frank Parmalee 

 of Omaha, at Clarks. 



EXTRALIMITAL: 184. Guara alba (Linnaeus)— The White Ibis is 

 stated to occur casually north to South Dakota and may be looked 

 upon as a probable addition to our fauna sooner or later. 



Family CICONIIDjE — Storks and Wood Ibises 

 A large white bird, 35 to 45 inches long, with greenish black tail and wing 



