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U. S. P. K. K. EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 
Catal. No. 
Locality. 
Whence obtained. 
2736 
South America 
S. F. Baird 
1967 
IBIS ALBA, Vieillot. 
White Curlew; White Ibis; Spanish Curlew. 
Tantalus ulbus, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 17C6, 242.— Gm. I, 651.— Latham, Ind. Orn. II, 1790, 705.— Wilson, Am. 
Orn. VIII, 1814, 43; pi. lxvi. 
Ibis alba, Vieillot, Diet.— Ord. ed. Wilson, VIII.— Bon. Obs. 1825, 179.— In. List, 1838.— Nbttall, Man. II 
1834, 86.— Aud. Orn. Biog. Ill, 1835, 178: V, 1839, 593; pi. 222.— Ib. Syn. 257.— Ib. Birds 
Aracr. VI, 1843, 54 ; pi. 360. 
Eudocimus albus, Wagler, Isis, 1832, 1232.— Bonap. Consp. II, 1855, 156.— Gundlach, Cab. Jour. IV, 1856,348. 
" Paribis albus, Is. Geoffr." 
Tantalus coco, Jacquin, Beit. 1784, 13.— Gmelin, I, 1788, 652. 
" ? Ibis brcvirostris, Peale." 
White Ibis, Pennant, Latham. — White Curlew, Catesby. — Brnon Ibis, Penn. Lath. 
Ch.— Anterior half of head bare ; the feathers not reaching, in the adult, further than the middle of the eye. Pure white ; 
t he tips of five outer primaries lustrous greenish black. Bill red ; the terminal half black ; in the young entirely red. Length, 
25 inches ; wing, 11.25 ; tarsus, 3.75 ; bill, 7. 
Hob. — South Atlantic and Gulf States ; straggling occasionally northward. 
A young bird, (950],) probably of this species, is olive brown above ; the rump and concealed 
portion of the back, with the under parts white ; the head and neck brown, the feathers 
streaked centrally with darker. Tbe head is feathered further forward ; the primaries, which 
appear to be full grown, are shorter than the tertials ; the bill is much shorter than tarsus and 
toes ; scarcely longer than in 7. ordii, and without black tip. A rather older specimen from 
St. Simon's Island (9502) has the bill entirely yellow, without black tip or serrations. The 
plumage generally is white, with here and there the more immature brown color, as in the 
quills, the edge of wings, streaks on the feathers of the neck, &c. The face is feathered nearly 
as far forward as in the glossy Ibis, the feathers extending anterior to the eye, and nearly to 
the rami ; the orbital region bare. 
Wagler, in Isis, 1 describes a white Ibis from Mexico, with the bill much longer and less 
curved, and entirely red, instead of being tipped with black. 
Catal. 
No. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Collected by — 
Remarks. 
1076 
9502 
9580 
9501 
March, 1813 
S. F. Baird 
St. Simon's island, Ga 
Iris white. 
Oct. 25,1853 
'Ibis longiroslris, Wagler, Isis, 1829, 760.— Ib. 1832, 1232.— Gray, Gen. Ill, tab. 152. 
Eudocimus longiroslris, Wagler, Lis, 1832, 1232.— Bp. Consp. II, 1855, 157. 
