. Popular official guide to the New York zoological park . Zoos. NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 137. WHITE-FACED GLOSSY IBIS. ROSEATE SPOONBILL. Fortunately, this remarkable bird takes kindly to captivity, and the Zoological Park is never without a good-sized flock. Their strange form, showy colors and droll attitudes render them unusually interesting to visitors. With the birds of the above species are shown a few speci- mens of the European Flamingo, (P. roseus), which is al- most white. The only parts which show the characteristic scarlet of this genus, are the wing coverts, which are pale red,
. Popular official guide to the New York zoological park . Zoos. NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 137. WHITE-FACED GLOSSY IBIS. ROSEATE SPOONBILL. Fortunately, this remarkable bird takes kindly to captivity, and the Zoological Park is never without a good-sized flock. Their strange form, showy colors and droll attitudes render them unusually interesting to visitors. With the birds of the above species are shown a few speci- mens of the European Flamingo, (P. roseus), which is al- most white. The only parts which show the characteristic scarlet of this genus, are the wing coverts, which are pale red, or pink. The Scarlet Ibis, (Guam rubra), is for its size the most showy bird in existence, not even excepting the birds of paradise. Excepting the black primaries, every feather on the adult bird in perfect plumage is of a brilliant Chinese vermilion color, visible in nature for a long distance. The immature birds are mottled and patched with white. This species once came as far north as southern Florida, but now it is found only from Cuba southward. They frequent the mud banks at the various mouths of the Orinoco, and not long since were quite abundant on the coast of British Guiana. The White-Faced Glossy Ibis, (Plegadis guarauna), is not a rare bird in captivity, and it will doubtless be possible to maintain this species perpetually in the Flying Cage and Aquatic-Bird House. The Wood Ibis, (Tantalus locuhtor).—The Park obtains its supply of birds of this species from Florida, where they breed, in very greatly reduced numbers, on the headwaters of the St. Johns. This bird is a very satisfactory member of avian society. Although amply large to lord it over the. 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 New York Zoological Park; Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937; New York Zoological Society. New Yo
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