. Distribution and migration of North American herons and their allies . was taken February 22, 1900,a-t Cay Lobos Light, Bahamas (Bonhote), and one was seen in 1909 onGreat Inagua. Bahamas (Worthington). There are rather uncer-tain records for four others of the West Indies. White-faced Glossy Ibis. Plegadis guarauna (Linnaeus). The range of this bird is from central Mexico north to Louisiana,Utah, and Oregon; casual north to Minnesota, Wyoming, Idaho, andsouthern British Columbia; also in the southern half of South Amer-ica; accidental in C^:ta Rica. The white-faced glossy ibis is one of the
. Distribution and migration of North American herons and their allies . was taken February 22, 1900,a-t Cay Lobos Light, Bahamas (Bonhote), and one was seen in 1909 onGreat Inagua. Bahamas (Worthington). There are rather uncer-tain records for four others of the West Indies. White-faced Glossy Ibis. Plegadis guarauna (Linnaeus). The range of this bird is from central Mexico north to Louisiana,Utah, and Oregon; casual north to Minnesota, Wyoming, Idaho, andsouthern British Columbia; also in the southern half of South Amer-ica; accidental in C^:ta Rica. The white-faced glossy ibis is one of the few species of the herontribe that are considered by law as game birds, and it is so consideredin the United States in California only. Here it has an open seasonfrom October 15 to March 1, except in game district 6 (comprisingthe southern counties), where the season opens October 1. The bag-limit is 20 birds in any one day and all sale within the State or ship-ment without the State is prohibited. The species is most common 20 NOKTH AMERICAN HERONS AND THEIR Fig. 6.—White-faced glossy ibis (Plegadis guarauna). WHITE-FACED GLOSSY IBIS. 21 in the southern and central parts of the State, especially in the SanJoaquin Valley. In all but three of the other States where the white-faced glossyibis oecurs it is protected by law for the most part under the pro-visions of the general law that protects all but certain specifiedgame birds. In Nevada, Kansas, and New Mexico, however, thespecies is not protected by law at any time in the year. The habitat of the white-faced glossy ibis presents one of the bestexamples of a discontinuous range. The bird is apparently absentfrom the whole of Central America and from northern South Amer-ica and the valley of the Amazon River. To the northward it rangesfrom latitude 18° to 44°, while south of the equator the range extendsfrom 12° to 55°. The white-faced glossy ibis breeds from the Valley of Toluca(Goldman), Manzanillo Bay (Lawren
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