. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. i. WOOD IBIS. wood stork. Tantalus loculator. Char. General color white ; tail and part of wings black, with metal- lic rcflec"'ons ; head and iipj^er half of neck bare, the skin hard, rough, and of a dusky color. Length about 40 inches. Nest. In a colony situated amid a dense cypress-swamp, placed on an up])er branch of a tall tree; a loosely arranged structure of twigs, lined with moss, — the size increasin
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. i. WOOD IBIS. wood stork. Tantalus loculator. Char. General color white ; tail and part of wings black, with metal- lic rcflec"'ons ; head and iipj^er half of neck bare, the skin hard, rough, and of a dusky color. Length about 40 inches. Nest. In a colony situated amid a dense cypress-swamp, placed on an up])er branch of a tall tree; a loosely arranged structure of twigs, lined with moss, — the size increasing by yearly additions. E,i,\ifs. 2-3; white, spotted with brown ; the suiface rough ; X This is another tribe of singular wading birds, uhicii emi- grate in the summer to a certain distance on either side of the equator ; being found occasionally as far north as Virginia, and as far south, in the other hemisphere, as the savannahs of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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