IBIDID.E— THE IBISES. 110* 



Mexico and Central America and over the greater part of South 

 America. A third species, P. ridgwayi (Allen i) inhabits the 

 highlands of Peru. 



The two North American species are almost e;xactly alike in 

 plumage, and probably cannot be distinguished with Certainty 

 in the immature stage. When fully adult, however, they may 

 readily be recognized by the following characters: 



a>. Feathers around base ot bill blackish; lores greenish in lile, and bill and legs green- 

 ish, or at least not red P. antunmalis. 



a!'. Feathers around base of bill white; lores lake-red in life; bill more or less reddish, 

 / and legs lake-red ; F, gnarauna'. 



P. gua/rcnma very likely occurs occasionally in Illinois, having 

 been taken in Nebraska, Kansas, and other States immediately 

 west of the Missouri River; but so far as I know it has not been 

 detected within our limits. 



Flegadis autumnalis (Hasselq.) 



OIOSSV IBIS. 



Fopnlar synomyms. Bay Ibis; Green Ibis (young); Black Curlew. 

 Tringa autumnalis Hasselq. Eeise naeh Palast. Deutsche Ausg. 1782, 306. 



Flegadis autumnalis Stbjn. Stand. Nat. Hist, iv, 1885, 160.— A. O. U. Check List, 1886, 

 No. 186.— ElDOW. Man. N. Am. B. 1887. 124. 

 Tantalus faloinellus Linn. 8. N. ed. 12, i, 1766, 241. 



Ibis falcincellus Viblll. N. D. xlv, 1817, 23.— Bonap. Obs. WiLS. 1825, No. 19;».— Nutt. 

 Man. ii, 1834, 88.— AuD. Cm. Blog. iv, 1838, 608, pi. 387; Synop. 1839, 257; B. Am. vl, 

 1843, 50, pi. 358 (adult). 

 Flegadis faloinellus "KAtJP."FRiTSOH.Vog. Eur. 1869,Taf.43,flg.3, p.S78.— Eidgw. Nom. 

 N. Am. B. 1881, No. 6OS.-O0UES, 2d Check List, 1882, No. 649.— B. B. &B. Water B. 

 N. Am. i, 1884, 94. 

 Tantalus castameus MtJi.1,. S. N. Suppl. 1766, 112 (adult). 

 Tantalus viridis Gmbl. 8; N. i, 1788, 648 (young). 

 Tantalus igneus Gmbl. 8. N. i, 1788, 649 (adult). 



Faloinellus igneus Giat, Gen. B. ed. 2, 1841, 87.— EluoT, P. Z. S. 1877, 603. 

 Tantalus mexicanus (nee Gmel.) Obd., Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i, 1817, 52. 

 IMsordii Bonap. Oomp. List, 1838, 49.— Cass, in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 635 (part).- Baied, 

 Cat. N. Am. 1859, No. 500. 

 I&is/aZcineZZMS.var.ordiiOoTJBS, Key, 1872, 263; Cheek List, 1873, No. 446; B. N. W. 

 1874, 517. 



■^Faloinellus ridgwayi AIiLBN, Bull. Mus. Comp. Z06L lii, July, 1876, S55 (vicinity ol 

 Lake Titicaoa, Vei-a).— Flegadis ridgwayi B. B. & B. Water B. N. Am. i, 1884, 94. 



^Soolopax guarauna Linn. S. N. ed. 12, 1. 1766, iti.— Flegadis guarauna Emaw. Proo. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. 1. Got. 2, 1S78, 163. 



