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360. 1. Ibis Falcinellus, Linn. Glossy Ibis. 
Plate CCCLXXXVII. 
Bill black, bare part of head greyish-blue, feet greyish-black ; upper 
part and sides of head dark glossy green, with purplish reflections ; 
neck, part of the back anteriorly, breast, abdomen, and tibiae, deep 
rich brownish-red or dark chestnut ; part of the breast shaded with 
green, the sides dusky, tinged with green, as are the lower wing- 
coverts and lower tail-coverts ; except the anterior edge of the wing, 
and the anterior scapulars, which are deep brownish-red, the upper 
parts splendent dark green, glossed with purple ; primaries black, 
shaded with green,* tail glossy, with purple reflection. Young, in its 
second plumage, with the head, neck, and lower parts greyish-brown, 
the head and greater part of the neck marked with small longitudinal 
streaks of white, of which there are two on each feather; all the 
upper parts blackish-green, glossy in a less degree than those of the 
adult. 
Male, 25, 42 ; wing, 11|. 
Rare or accidental in the Middle Atlantic Districts ; more common 
in South Florida and Texas, where it breeds. Rarely seen far inland. 
Migratory. 
Ibis Falcinellus, Bo nap. Syn. p. 312. 
Bay or Glossy Ibis, Nott. Man. v. ii. p. 88. 
Glossy Ibis, Ibis Falcinellus, Aon. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 608. 
361. 2. Ibis rubra, Linn. Scarlet Ibis. 
Plate CCCXCVII. Adult Male and Young. 
Bill, feet, and bare parts of head, pale lake ; plumage bright scarlet, 
excepting the quills, which are white, and the terminal portion of the 
outer four primaries, which are bluish-black. Young in first plumage 
with the bill and feet brownish-grey, the bare parts of the head pale 
flesh-colour ; plumage of head, neck, and upper parts, brownish-grey, 
of lower, white. 
Adult, 29 ; wing, ll^. 
Accidental. Three specimens seen by me in Louisiana. 
Scarlet Ibis, Tantalus ruber, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 41. 
Ibis rubra, Bonap. Syn. p. 311. 
Scarlet Ibis, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 84. 
Scarlet Ibis, Ibis rubra, Aup. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 62. 
362. 3. Ibis alba, Linn. White Ibis. 
Plate CCXXII. Adult and Young. 
Bill and bare parts of the head light orange-red, feet paler ; plu- 
mage pure white, excepting. the ends of from three to five of the outer 
primaries, which are deep black, glossed with blue and green. Young 
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