WHITE-FACED GLOSSY IBIS. 21 



in the southern and central parts of the State, especially in the San 

 Joaquin Valley. 



In all but three of the other States where the white-faced glossy 

 ibis occurs it is protected by law for the most part under the pro- 

 visions of the general law that protects all but certain specified 

 game birds. In Nevada, Kansas, and New Mexico, however, the 

 species is not protected by law at any time in the year. 



The habitat of the white-faced glossy ibis presents one of the best 

 examples of a discontinuous range. The bird is apparently absent 

 from the whole of Central America and from northern South Amer- 

 ica and the valley of the Amazon River. To the northward it ranges 

 from latitude 18° to 44°, while south of the equator the range extends 

 from 12° to 55°. 



The white-faced glossy ibis breeds from the Valley of Toluca 

 (Goldman), Manzanillo Bay (Lawrence), and San Jose del Cabo 

 (Belding), Mexico; north to Great Salt Lake, Utah (Goodwin), and 

 Malheur Lake, Oreg. (Finley). It also breeds along the coast of 

 Texas, at Lake Arthur, La. (specimen in U. S. National Museum), 

 and at Lake Washington, Fla. (Brewster). The species probably 

 ranges regularly east to southwestern Louisiana, but, as already re- 

 marked under the last species, how common or regular it is in Florida 

 remains yet to be determined. The species has wandered north to 

 Rippey, Iowa, April, 1891 (Nutting) ; Spirit Lake, Iowa, May 15 

 to 21, 1890 (Mosher) ; Heron Lake, Minn., nested in 1894 and 1895 

 (Peabody) ; near Omaha, Nebr., August 19, 1893, and April 6, 1897 

 (Bruner, Wolcott, and Swenk) ; Red Bank, Wyo., 1893 (Knight) ; 

 Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho, 1909 (Moody) ; Salt Spring Island and 

 the mouth of the Fraser River in southwestern British Columbia 

 (Fannin). 



The white-faced glossy ibis winters throughout its range in Mexico 

 and north to Brownsville, Tex. (Merrill) ; Gum Cove, La. (McAtee) ; 

 Tombstone, Ariz. (Willard) ; and Los Angeles County, Cal. (Grin- 

 nell). 



The breeding range in South America extends from near Callao, 

 Peru (Cassin) ; and Rio Janeiro, Brazil (Sharpe) ; south to the Strait 

 of Magellan (Dabbene) ; and the species is common on the larger 

 rivers of the interior north to Ypanema, Brazil, on the Paraguay 

 River at 16° south latitude (Pelzeln). It retires in the winter from 

 the southern part of this breeding range, but remains at this season 

 as far south as Cape San Antonio, Argentine (Gibson) ; and San- 

 tiago, Chile (specimen in U. S. National Museum). 



The regular ranges in North America and South America are sep- 

 arated by 30° of latitude and 22° of longitude. There is only one 

 record for the species in the whole 3,000 miles— a single bird, taken 

 on the Diquis River in southwestern Cost Rica (Cherrie), which 



