sTORKs. 10 7

.4 .Mst, ot‘ reeds and Weed stalks. in trees. bushes. and I‘L‘t‘tly 11111rshes. [Ll/gm, three to five, pale "reellisll white, with chocolate 111arkings generally most

1111111e1‘o11s at the l: 11' end, 1.1123 x 11.311.

This locall.‘ abundant species is gene‘ally found in flocks of five, or six to 11s many hundred birds which frequent: mud flats. 111arshes. or the borders of lagoons. They fly in close rank. and when in large tloeks. with their snowy plumage glistening in the sunlight and their wing—strokes accented by the black-tipped primaries, form 11 strikingly beautiful picture.

The Sl‘AItIJ-IT lms 1 11527. HIM/111 ru/nwz 1. a South Ameriean speeies. has been recorded from Florida. Louisiana. and New Mexico. (See Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Urn. Club, viii. 1853. p. 155; also Scott, Auk, vi. 185‘). p. 15.1

186. Pleg‘adis autumnalis (”level/1.1. GLossr Ims. rim—Rich chestnut, upper and under t11il—eo\'e1'[s.b11ek, winvs, and front q)" the head with greenish and purplish retleetions' lores tlll skins1blaekish. Im—Ilead and neck tuseous— bro“ 11 the t'e.1tl1e1slate111ll_\ 11111r<_r'1ned \11th white; rest of under parts dull t'useous-bronn; back w 1111 gleenish 1etleetions. L., 24100; w., 11-131.); T1111. :11111- B. .. 5~00.

Ranger—Tn1p'1eal and subtiopie1 1l [CLIlOnS gene 11ll_\'. 1 rare and ot' loeal dis— tribution 111 the southe1 1ste1n Lnited \‘tates and \\ est Indies.

\\ ashingtou. A. \ .. two reeords. Long Island. A. \ .. two records. (‘znn- bridge. .\. Va one record. May.

A131. 01' rushes. plant stems. (ate. in recdy swamps or low bushes. [Ll/gs, three, rather deep. dull blue, 2'01 x 1'47.

This is 1'1 rare species in the eastern United States. Its haunts are of much the same nature as those of the preceding species.

The W1111'1e—r.\r1-:11 (imssr has 1’ I197. P]!!/'ltl;v\' gum-(17111111. a locally eom- mon speeies from Texas westward and so11tl1\\'ard. has been recorded but once from east of the Miss .sippi. \'iz.. at or near Lake \\'ashing_rton. Florida, where a female was shot on a nest eontaininer three eggs (Brewster. Auk. iii. leek}, p. 4321. This species. rese111bles the Glossy Ibis. but adults have the region about the base of the hill white.

FAMILY CICONIIDIE. STORKS.

Only two of the twenty—five known species included in this {amilv are found in North America. Stor' are both g1 en trious 11nd solitzn v. Our species. the. so-called Wood Ibls. Is as 11 rule, found in flocks and nests in colonies. It feeds in swamps 11nd on the shores of bayous, where it is said to “ rake" the, bottom with its foot, in searching for hind. It is a strong tlier. a certain number of wing—strokes being fol— lowed by a short sail. At times it mounts high in the air and sails about like a Vulture. Sometimes it, perches upon trees. Its voice is described as a rough, guttural croak.