. Bulletin - Biological Survey. Zoology, Economic. WHITE IBIS. 15 Indies, though recorded from Jamaica (Field), Haiti (Christi), and Dominica (Clark). It occurs locally and not rarely along the whole Pacific coast of Central America south to the Rio Sabana, Panama (Salvadori and Festa), and has been recorded at the following places in northern South America: Zulia and Lake Valencia, Venezuela (Ernst); Vaqueria, northwestern Ecuador (Hartert); and Santa Luzia, northwestern Peru (Taczanowski). _ Eggs have been taken March 28, 1898, at Lake Okechobee, Fla. (specimens in Thayer collection) ; April
. Bulletin - Biological Survey. Zoology, Economic. WHITE IBIS. 15 Indies, though recorded from Jamaica (Field), Haiti (Christi), and Dominica (Clark). It occurs locally and not rarely along the whole Pacific coast of Central America south to the Rio Sabana, Panama (Salvadori and Festa), and has been recorded at the following places in northern South America: Zulia and Lake Valencia, Venezuela (Ernst); Vaqueria, northwestern Ecuador (Hartert); and Santa Luzia, northwestern Peru (Taczanowski). _ Eggs have been taken March 28, 1898, at Lake Okechobee, Fla. (specimens in Thayer collection) ; April 24, 1888, at Tarpon Springs,. Fig. 3.—White ibis (Guara alba). Fla. (Scott); fresh eggs, May 1, 1903, at Cuthbert Lake, Fla.; and young able to fly, May 15, 1903, at Alligator Lake, only a few miles distant (Bent). In Cuba these birds are said to nest from April to September. Winter range.—The white ibis is resident throughout its range in Central and South America and the West Indies. It winters in the United States north to Gainesville, Fla. (Chapman), and to southern Louisiana (Beyer, Allison, and Kopman), and in western Mexico north to La Barca (Goldman), Mazatlan (Lawrence)} and to La Paz (Belding).. 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 United States. Bureau of Biological Survey. Washington : Govt. print. off.
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