IBISES 



(184) Guara alba 



{Linn.) {A South American name). 



WHITE IBIS; SPANISH CUR- 

 LEW. Bare face, bill and legs yel- 

 low or orange. Iris pale blue or 

 white. Bill long and curved down- 

 ward. Ads. — Plumage as shown; 

 entirely white e.xcept for the prima- 

 ries, which are black. L., 26.00; W., 

 12.00; T., 5.00; B., 6.00; Tar., 3.50. 

 Ncsl — Of twigs and weeds in trees, 

 bushes or in marshes; three to five 

 pale, greenish-white eggs, blotched 

 with chocolate, 2.25 ."c 1.50. 



Range — North and South Amer- 

 ica, breeding north to Te.xas, the Gulf 

 States and S. Car. Casually to S. 

 Dak., Ill, Vt., and Conn. 



fljang in diagonal, straight-line formations with slow and 

 continuous beats of their broad wings, and with the necks 

 fully extended in front. They feed by imnaersing the head 

 and swinging the bill from side to side, searching for small 

 Crustacea or insects. 



Family IBIDIDJ5. Ibises 



About thirty species of ibises inhabit the warmer portions 

 of the globe, of which three are common within our range 

 and one exceedingly rare. They have heron-like forms, but 

 long, cylindrical, decurved bills, the upper mandible of 

 which is deeply grooved on the sides. 



WHITE IBISES are abundant in our Southern States — 

 handsome waders, clothed in pure white except for the tips 

 of the primaries, which are black; a touch of color is added 

 by the bill and legs, which vary from a deep yellow to orange- 

 red or carmine. 



These ibises nest in colonies, with other herons, in bushes 



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