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BIRDS dF II,L,mOI8. 



Ibis guaravna inec Lnw.) Oabot, Proo, Bost. Soo, 11,1850, 313, 332, 

 2fumeniu8 longirostris (neo WiLS.) Oossx, B. Jam. 1847, 348. 

 Tantalus bengalensis "Light." Bonap. Oonsp. U, 1865, 158. 

 Ibis peregrina "MtiM,." Bonap. Consp. 11, 1855, 159. 



Hab. Warmer parts of the eastern hemisphere ; West Indies, and eastern United States. 

 Of Irregular distribution and only locally abundant In America. 



Sp. Ohab. Adult. Feathers bordering the base of tho bill all round, blackish, 

 Fileum, cheeks, and chin glossy greenish black, with purplish reflections. Hinder part of 

 head, whole neck; anterior portion of back, and anterior half of lesser wing-covert tract rich 

 reddish chestnut, darkest on back. Lower parts, except under tail-coverts, azUlars, and 

 under wing-coverts, uniform bright reddish chestnut, lighter, brighter, and less purplish 

 than neok. Upper parts (except as described), under wing-ooverts,axillare, and under tail- 

 coverts, glossy metallic dark purple, green, and bronze; the posterior portion of back, pos- 

 'terior e'oapulars, wing-coverts, tertials, rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail nearly uniform 

 dull violet-purple, changing to bottle-green in certain lights; alules, primary-coverts, pri- 

 maries, and lower secondaries brighter bronze-green; upiier secondaries more bronzy, with 

 a purple shade in certain lights. Under surface of wings and tail more burnished, metallic 

 green, bronze, and purple, the tint varying with the inclination to the light; axillarsless 

 shining, and more violaceous ; orissum violet- purple and green, like the rump. Bill black ; 

 bare loral space greenish or bluish ; legs and feet greenish blackish.' 



Young Ichanging from first to second plwmage): Head and neck distinctly streaked 

 ; with dusky brown and white, the dusky streaks wider and more blackish on the pileum, 

 the whitish streaks gradually becoming more' indistinct below. Entire lower parts plain 

 ' snuff-brown, with a soft purplish tinire, especially on the breast ^d tibiee ; orissum, metal- 

 llic green and violet. Upper parts dark, metalUo violet-purple, green and bronze, the first 

 'Isu-gely predominating, the last in traces; the back darkest and most uniform, the rump In- 

 terspersed with bright dark green feathers. A few dark- chestnut feathers interspersed 

 over the anterior portion of the lesser wing-covert region (No. 57,003, Greece). Touiig 

 ilchanging from second to third plumage): In general appearance much like the preceding, 

 but breast, abdomen, and tibiae mostly reddish chestnut, and the anterior portion of the 

 back and scapulars mixed with many feathers of the same color; head and neck much 

 tinged with chestnut, the streaks indistinct (ISo. 17,493, temkle, Hungary). 



[NoiB. The Tantalus viridis of Gmelin (Syst. Nat ii, pt. i, p. 648,No. 8, based on Green 

 ^Ibis ot Lateau, Synopsis, iii, pt. i, p. 114, No. 13) seems to be this species in incomplete first 

 iplumage, or still retaining the downy covei:ing of the head and neck.] 



Length, about 25 inches; expanse, 42; wing, 10.20-11.86; tail, 4.30-4.50; culmen, 4.30-5.46; 

 depth of bill, .60-.60; tarsus, 2.90-4.30; middle toe, 2.10-2.80; bareportion of tibia, 1.70-3.10. 



The young of P. autumnalis closely resembles Uiat of JF*. guarauna, but is rather darker 

 icolored, the upper parts being much more violaeeous. and the lower parts less grayish. 



The Glossy Ibis, like its white relative, is an irregular sum- 

 mer visitor to Illinois, and is not known to breed within our 

 flimits. Mr. Julius Hurter, of St. Louis, Mo., took one speci- 



> Audubon says: "Bill black; bare part (rf head grayish bUie; iris hazel; leetgraylsh 

 black, olaws brown." 



