1'26 IBISES.

shores both on the seztcoust and in the interior. They are generally found in flocks and they nest in colonies. Spoonbills lntve the gen- eral habits of llerons. but feed by immersing the bill and swinging it from side to side in their senreh for food.

183. Ajaja, ajaja. (LIZ/112.). RUSEATE Si'ooxnnit; PINK CL'RLEW. (S ., Fig. 21.) ;l![.—llk'ilkl and throat bare. neck and upper l);1('l{ white, some— times tinged with pink; sides of the breast in front of the wings and end half of tail oehrueeous-buti'; rest of plumage pink; lengthened feathers at the base of the neek darker; lesser \ring—em‘erts. upper and under tnil-corerts Catr- mine. JUL—Similar, but head and throat feathered. ochrueeous—bufl‘and cur— mine of the adult replueed by pink. I“, 32110: \\'.. 14-31); Tun. 4-00; 15,, (j-

It’an_r/e.--—'l‘ropie:il and subtropicnl America north to the Gulf States.

Nest, a platform ot"stieks in mangrove bushes or small trees. Egg/s, three to five, white, spotted and speckled with shades ot'oli\'e»br0\\'n, 2'57 x 1'73.

This was formerly 21 common species in Florida, but continued persecution has so reduced its numbers that during four winters passed in different parts of the State I did not observe it. It nests in January and February in the extreme southern part of the State, and after the nesting season \‘ttnders northward. On the Texas coast it is more numerous.

FAMILY IBIDIDJE. IBISES.

Ibises are distributed throughout the warmer parts of the globe: they number about thirty speeies, of which four occur in North Amer- iezt. They are silent birds, and live in flocks during the entire year. They feed along the shores of lakes, bays, and salt-water lagoons. and on mud flats over which the tide rises and falls. Their food consists principally of crustaceans, frogs, and small fish.

KEY TU THE Sl‘Et'll‘lS.

.11. l’lumngedeep chestnut . . . i . . . . . . . . 186. GLOSFYIIHS.

15’. i’lumnge seurlet . . . . . . . . . . . , Sumter IBIS (Ad). 1'. I’luinuge white . . . . . i . . . . . . . 154. WHITE IBIS (ALL). I). Buck brown. belly white. (I. Rump \rhite. . . . . . . . . . . i . . 191. \VIHTE Ims t'lm.). be h’ump like the buek . . . . . . . . . . 185. SCARLET IBIS (lm.).

184. Guara. alba. 1’ Linn. t. \Viii'rt: leis: Slums“ ("rnww (see Fig. ‘20). All. White. the tips 01' the tour outer primaries him-k; bun: parts ot'tlle head <'>i‘2tiij_rt:»l'(-1l. /m. rillHltl and neck white, streaked with grayish brown; upper lmck and wings grayish brown: rump. hr-ust. and belly white. 14., ERGO; “2. 11'00; Tam. .‘MH; B. from N.. 4'60.

[filmy/ar'l‘nupieul Amerien: breeds as far north its southern Indiunn, southern lllinois. and South t'urolinu: winters from the (lulf‘southwm’d.

Long Island, A. V.