Plate CCCLXXXVII.
Bill black, bare part of head greyish-blue, feet greyish-black; upper
part and sides of head dark glossy green, with purplish reflections;
neck, part of the back anteriorly, breast, abdomen, and tibiæ, deep
rich brownish-red or dark chestnut; part of the breast shaded with
green, the sides dusky, tinged with green, as are the lower
wing-coverts and lower tail-coverts; except the anterior edge of the
wing, and the anterior scapulars, which are deep brownish-red, the
upper parts splendent dark green, glossed with purple; primaries
black, shaded with green; tail glossy, with purple reflection. Young,
in its second plumage, with the head, neck, and lower parts
greyish-brown, the head and greater part of the neck marked with small
longitudinal streaks of white, of which there are two on each feather;
all the upper parts blackish-green, glossy in a less degree than those
of the adult.
_Male_, 25, 42; wing, 11-1/4.
Rare or accidental in the Middle Atlantic Districts; more common in
South Florida and Texas, where it breeds. Rarely seen far inland.
Migratory.
Ibis Falcinellus, Bonap. Syn. p. 312.
Bay or Glossy Ibis, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 88.
Glossy Ibis, Ibis Falcinellus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 608.