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. 361. 2. Ibis rubra, Linn. Scarlet Ibis. Plate CCCXCVII. Adult Male and Young. Bill, feet, and bare parts of head, pale lake; plumage bright scarlet, excepting the quills, which are white, and the terminal portion of the outer four primaries, which are bluish-black. Young in first plumage with the bill and feet brownish-grey, the bare parts of the head pale flesh-colour; plumage of head, neck, and upper parts, brownish-grey, of lower, white. _Adult_, 29; wing, 11-1/4. Accidental. Three specimens seen by me in Louisiana. Scarlet Ibis, Tantalus ruber, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 41. Ibis rubra, Bonap. Syn. p. 311. Scarlet Ibis, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 84. Scarlet Ibis, Ibis rubra, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 62. 362. 3. Ibis alba, Linn. White Ibis. Plate CCXXII. Adult and Young. Bill and bare parts of the head light orange-red, feet paler; plumage pure white, excepting the ends of from three to five of the outer primaries, which are deep black, glossed with blue and green. Young with the bill greyish-yellow, the feet leaden-coloured, the plumage dull brown all over, excepting the rump, which is whitish, and the tail, which is tinged with grey. Young after first moult with the bill pale yellow, the feet pale blue; the plumage dull olivaceous brown, the quills dark, the tail lighter, the hind part of the back white, as are the breast and abdomen. _Adult_, 24-1/2, 40. Constant resident in South Florida, where it is abundant. Breeds along the coast to Texas, westward, and occasionally as far as New Jersey eastward, inland as far up the Mississippi as Natchez and Red River. Returns to the Floridas in autumn. White Ibis, Tantalus albus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 43. Ibis alba, Bonap. Syn. p. 312. White Ibis, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 86. White Ibis, Ibis alba, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 173; v. v. p. 593. GENUS II. TANTALUS, Linn. TANTALUS.