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both breed there, but their relative distribution in the rest of the 

 State remains to be determined. 



The glossy ibis is known locally as a wanderer along the whole 

 Atlantic coast of the United States: Frogmore, S. C, June 30, 1884 

 (Hoxie) ; Washington, D. C., about 1817 (Audubon) and Septem- 

 ber, 1900 (Daniel) ; Baltimore. Md., May, 1817 (Audubon) ; Great 

 Egg Harbor, N. J., May 7, 1817 (Ord) ; near Philadelphia, Pa., 

 1866 (Turnbull) ; 10 occurrences in New York State since 1844, 

 between April and September, the latest being at Cayuga, May 21, 

 1907 (Fuertes) ; Middletown, Conn., May 9, 1850; near Cambridge, 

 Mass., 5 birds, May 7 and 8, 1850 (Browne) ; Nantucket, Mass., Sep- 

 tember, 1869 (Allen) ; Cape Cod, Mass., May 4 and 5, 1878 (Allen) ; 

 Alton, N. H., October, 1858 (Palmer) ; Pictou County, Nova Scotia, 

 about 1865 (McKinlay) ; Prince Edward Island (Baird, Brewer, 

 and Ridgway) ; Montreal, Canada, May 27, 1900 (specimen in Thayer 

 collection). The species has been observed a few times inland: In 

 Illinois, opposite St. Louis, February 27, 1880 (Hurter) ; Fairport, 

 Ohio, 1848 (Wheaton) ; Bay City, Mich., October 6, 1884 (Eddy) ; 

 Hamilton, Ontario, May, 1857 (Mcllwraith) ; Horicon, Wis., Novem- 

 ber 3, 1879 (Kumlein and Hollister) ; Denver, Colo. (Cooke) ; Barr 

 Lake, Colo., June, 1905 (Hersey and Rockwell). These last two 

 records are far west of the normal range of the species and would 

 be expected to be the white -faced glossy ibis, but there is no question 

 of the correctness of the identification of the specimens. 



The glossy ibis has been found as a rare breeder in western Cuba, 

 at Zapata, Cardenas, and Habana (Gundlach), and was taken un- 

 doubtedly breeding at Spanishtown, Jamaica, May 16, 1865 (speci- 

 men in U. S. National Museum). One was taken February 22, 1900, 

 at Cay Lobos Light, Bahamas (Bonhote) , and one was seen in 1909 on 

 Great Inagua, Bahamas (Worthington). There are rather uncer- 

 tain records for four others of the West Indies. 



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



The range of this bird is from central Mexico north to Louisiana, 

 Utah, and Oregon ; casual north to Minnesota, Wyoming, Idaho, and 

 southern British Columbia ; also in the southern half of South Amer- 

 ica ; accidental in Costa Rica. 



The white- faced glossy ibis is one of the few species of the heron 

 tribe that are considered by law as game birds, and it is so considered 

 in the United States in California only. Here it has an open season 

 from October 15 to March 1, except in game district 6 (comprising 

 the southern counties), where the season opens October 1. The bag 

 limit is 20 birds in any one day and all sale within the State or ship- 

 ment without the State is prohibited. The species is most common 



