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Show 1877.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE IBIDINSE. 505 vol. iv. p. 86 ; Lawr. Ann. N.Y. Lye. Nat. Hist. (1866) p. 292 ; Turnb. Birds E. Penn. (1869) p. 44. Falcinellus igneus, Gray, Gen. B. 2nd ed. (1841) p. 87 ; Gould, B. Austr. vol. vi. pl. 47 ; Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. Asiat. Soc. (1849) p. 274; Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. (1857) vol. iii. p. 158 ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. Vog. Nordost-Afr. (1855) p. 314. sp. 637; Jerd. B. Ind. (1864) vol. iii. p. 770; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. (1865) p. 286 ; Holds. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1872) p. 479 ; Sclat. & Salv. Nomen. Av. Neot. p. 126; Bartl. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1875) p. 68; Legge, Ibis (1875) p. 404. Plegadis falcinellus, Kaup, Fr. Vog. Eur. Taf. 43. fig. 3, p. 378 ; Fritsch, Jour, fiir Ornith. (1871) p. 370. Tantalus bengalensis, Licht. Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. (1857) vol. ii. p. 158. Ibis peregrina, Miill. Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. (1857) vol. ii. p. 159. Eudocimus erythrorhynchus, Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. (1857) p. 159. Falcinellus ordii, Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil. (1866) p. 96 ; Taczan. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1874) p. 562 ; Gundl. Jour, fiir Orn. (1874) p. 313. Falcinellus erythrorhynchus, Gmel. Jour, fiir Ornith. (1871) p. 285. Ibis falcinellus, var. ordii, Coues, Birds N. West (1874) p. 517. Eudocimus falcinellus, Bar. du Bocage, Jour, fiir Ornith. (1876) p. 300. Hab. Eastern United States, West Indies and Eastern Hemisphere. There are apparently four species of the so-called Glossy Ibis, so far as our present material enables us to judge, three of which are restricted to the New World, while the fourth, the present species, is an inhabitant of the eastern part of the United States, the West Indies, and is moreover generally distributed throughout the eastern hemisphere. The American F. igneus was separated by Bonaparte from the European as F. ordii; but there does not seem to be the slightest difference between them, and Bonaparte's name should become a synonym. This bird can be readily distinguished from its relatives when adult by having the top of the head green. Top of head and sides of face metallic dark green, with purple reflections. Bare space in front of and a little surrounding the eye bluish or slaty blue. Neck, back, and entire underparts dark cinnamon- red, with purple reflections on some of the back feathers. Scapulars and greater wing-coverts metallic purple. Secondaries grass-green, with purple gloss. Primaries dark bronze-green. Rump dark green, glossed with purple. Tail dark green, with purple reflections ; undercoverts purple. Bill black, bare skin at base slate-blue ; feet and legs blackish. Tarsi scutellated anteriorly transversely, covered behind with hexagonal scales. Total length 25 inches; wing 12, tail 4|, bill along culmen 6, tarsus 4|. 20. FALCINELLUS GUARAUNA. ?? Scolopax guarauna, Linn. Syst. Nat. (1766) p. 242. |