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Show 1877.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE IBIDINSE. 495 seeking for food, probing the ground with its bill, and drawing out the earth-worms, which it swallowed at a gulp. Mr.Vigne shot this species at Tygerhoek, near Caledon, on the river Zouder End. Layard says that the bare portion of the neck is of a deep red colour, while Mr. Ayres, as quoted by Gurney (Ibis, 1860, p. 209), states that this part is greenish white, the top of the head only being bright red. From the dried skin it is difficult to ascertain which is correct; but I have followed Mr. Ayres, thinking that perhaps his opportunities of examining the bird in the flesh have been greater than those of Mr. Layard. Top of the head bare, bright red ; neck and throat in front denuded of feathers, skin greenish white. Entire plumage rich bronze-green, with the exception of a large patch upon the shoulders of a reddish bronze, violet in certain lights. Legs and feet red. Bill red. Total length 32 inches ; wing 16, tail 9\, bill along culmen6, tarsus 2|. 10. PHIMOSUS INFUSCATUS. Curucdn afeytado, Azara, Apunt. Hist. Nat. Parag. (1802-5), no. 365, p. 201. Ibis infuscata, Licht. Doubl. (1823) p. 75 ; Schleg. Mus. P.- Bas (1863) livr. 4, p. 8; Wyatt, Ibis (1871) p. 384. Ibis nudifrons, Spix, Av. Bras. t. 86 (1825); Wagl. Syst. Av. (1827) sp. 6 ; Less. Trait. Orn. (1831) p. 567. Phimosus infuscatus, Wagl. Isis (1832) p. 1232; Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. (1857) vol. iii. p. 156; Sclat. & Salv. Nomen. Av. Neotr. (1873) p. 127. Geronticus infuscatus, Gray, Gen. Birds (1849) vol. iii. p. 566. sp. 16 ; id. Hand-1. Birds (1871) pt. iii. p. 41. Hab. South America, from Columbia to the Argentine Republic. The present bird was first described by Lichtenstein (I. ci). The manner in which the fore part of the head and the throat are denuded of feathers, as well as its small size, make it easily distinguishable from its relatives. Its range is quite extensive, as it is an inhabitant of South America, from Columbia to the Argentine Republic. There is no difficulty with the' synonymy, as but one additional name seems to have been given it, viz. nudifrons of Spix. Fore part and sides of head, and throat, red. Plumage of body dark-green bronze glossed with purple. Secondaries, primaries, and rectrices bright bronze green. Bill, legs, and feet red. Total length 24 inches; wing 11|, tail 6, bill along culmen 5|, tarsus 2L 11. NlPPONIA NIPPON. Ibis nippon, Temm. Pl. Col. (1835) no. 551 ; Schleg. Faun. Jap. t. 71 ; id. Handl, Dierk. t. vii. p. 84 ; id. Mus. Pays-Bas (1863) livr. 4, p. 9; Blakiston, Ibis (1862) p. 331 ; Swinh. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1863) p. 318. sp. 321 ; id. Ibis (1863) p. 416, (1873) p. 249, (1875) p. 455 ; David, Nouv. Archiv. Mus. Paris (1867) Bull. p. 39 |