. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. 185. Scarlet Ibis. large flock of these splendid birds floating through the air, like a crimson bloud, cannot possibly be conceived. The rookeries are only tenanted during the dry season. The eggs are two or three in number, gr£|,yish-white in color, marked with spots and blotches of brown of varying shades, and distributed variously over the surface, but generally more profusely at the larger end. The average size is 186. GLOSSY IBIS. Plegadis auium- nalis (Hasselq.) Geog. Dist.—Old World, West Indies, and Eastern United State
. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. 185. Scarlet Ibis. large flock of these splendid birds floating through the air, like a crimson bloud, cannot possibly be conceived. The rookeries are only tenanted during the dry season. The eggs are two or three in number, gr£|,yish-white in color, marked with spots and blotches of brown of varying shades, and distributed variously over the surface, but generally more profusely at the larger end. The average size is 186. GLOSSY IBIS. Plegadis auium- nalis (Hasselq.) Geog. Dist.—Old World, West Indies, and Eastern United States. This species occurs irregularly in the eastern portions of the United States, and has been known to breed in Florida. It has also been found breeding in Neyada. In Europe the course of its migrations for the summer is said to be chiefly in a line from Egypt, to Turkey, Hungary and Po- lanri, and to the southern parts of Russia. In its passage from Africa it is occasion- ally seen in the Grecian Archipelago, in Sicily, Sardinia, Genoa, Switzerland, France, Holland and Great Britain. The nesting of the Glossy Ibis is like that of the next species. I'he eggs are of a deep greenish-blue and average 186. Glossv 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 Davie, Oliver; Davie, Oliver. Egg check list of North American birds. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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