246 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 
PLEGADIS GUARAUNA (Zizu.). 
White-faced Glossy Ibis. 
Head chestnut, having a white patch on forehead, chin and bordering the bare space in 
front of the eye. Under parts purplish chestnut; upper part of back and wings showing me- 
tallic tints of purple, violet, and green; primaries greenish, showing a bronze luster; rump and 
upper tail coverts and tail greenish with purplish reflections. 
Length, 25; Wing, 11; Bill, 5.50. 
This species ranges throughout Western United States, south through 
Central America to South America, and has been recorded from the West 
Indies. It is a rare bird on the east coast, a single specimen having been 
found breeding near Lake rare Florida. [Brewster, Auk III., 1886, 
page 482. ] 
This species may be disease from the Glossy Ibis by the white at 
the base of the bill. It builds its nest in swamps, sometimes on bushes; the 
eggs are bluish. 
SuBORDER CICONIA, 
STORKS, ETC. 
Famity CICONIID.®. StorKs anp Woop IBISEs. 
Supramity TANTALIN. Woop IsiszEs. 
Genus TANTALUS Linn. 
TANTALUS LOCULATOR Zin. 
Wood Ibis. 
Adult: Waving the head and neck bare; general plumage white; primaries, Secondaries, 
and tail greenish black. 
