594. OHIO BIRDS. 
497-8. For PELGADIS wherever found, read PLEGADIS. 
498, Plegadis falcinellus. Dr. H. C. Wann informed me several months since of the 
reported capture of an Ibis in Greene county, several miles from Xenia. He 
was unable to give any particulars or identification, except that the bird 
was taken alive and partly domesticated. Dr. Wann referred me to H. 
McQuiston, Esq., of Xenia, as possibly able to obtain definite information. 
He kindly furnishes the following, under date of April 20, 1881: 
“The party who captured the bird spoken of by Dr. Wann is Mr. Edward 
Ferguson, a farmer living six and a half miles south of this city. 
*« He says he found the bird in his house-yard immediately after a storm of 
rain, etc.,in May or June of 1878, and kept it for some weeks, when it 
died. He says it would eat crumbs from the table, worms, etc., and from 
. his description I would say it was a young Glossy Ibis, the maxks, color, 
curved bill, etc., convince me it is that bird. Lread your description of each 
of the Ibis family to him, and he at once said that of the young Glossy Ibis 
was a good description of the bird ; he says it was not quite two feet long, 
but otherwise the description was perfect; and I suppose it being a young 
bird, and he says it certainly was a young one, would account for the diff- 
erence in length. He did not preserve the bird or any part of it.” 
511. Porzana noveboracensis. ‘‘Is not sorare as generally supposed. For the last four 
years I have secured one or two each season. They are extremely difficult 
to move, and unless you have a good Rail dog you may pass within two or 
three yards of them without making them fly. Two of my specimens were 
caught by dogs, seemingly preferring capture to tlight.”—( Chubb.) 
The following changes in Families and Family Nomenclature, aftecting the nomencla- 
ture and arrangement of groups represented in Ohio, are adopted by Mr. Ridgway. 
Changes are indicated by comparing with the corresponding group of Dr. Coues. 
Coues, 1872. Ridgway, 1881. 
SYLVIGOLIDA= MNIOTILTID A. 
TANTALINA = CICONIDZA. 
IBsIpINzZ— IBIDIDA. 
HZMATOPODIDA exci. STREPSILAS= HAEMATOPODIDA. 
STREPSILAS—= STREPSILIDA, 
GRACULIDE= PHALACROCORACIDA, 
LARID& excl. LESTRIDINEZ= LARIDZ. 
LESTRIDINZ— STERCORARIIDA. 
PopIcIPIDA— PODICIPITIDA. 
[D.] BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OHIO ORNITHOLOGY. 
In the preparation of the following pages I am indebted to Dr. Hllioté 
Coues, U. S. A., J. J. Barber, Esq., of this city, and Dr. Frank W. Lang 
