113 Straw-necked Ibis, Dryweather (Letter) Bird, Farmer's Friend, Carphibis spinicollis, A. T.
Nom. flocks, c. grassy 28
"This beautiful ibis;" head, fore-neck naked black; black bill arched; pointed, straw-colored plumes on neck; breast, upper greenish-purple barred black; abdomen, flanks, tail white; f., smaller. Insects.
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114 Glossy Ibis, Black Curlew (e), Plegadis falcinellus, A., T., N.Z., almost cos. exc. S. Am., Arctic, and Pac. Is.
[~114 Egatheus falcinellus.]
Nom. flocks, v.r. swampy 25
Head, neck, breast, back, under rich reddish-chestnut; lower-back, tail dark bronze-green; winter; head, neck streaked white; f., sim. Insects, worms.
F. 51. PLATALEIDAE (2), SPOONBILLS, 6 sp.—2(2)A., 2(0)O., 2(0)P., 2(1)E., 1(0)Nc., 1(0)Nl.
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115 Black-billed Spoonbill (Royal), Platalea regia, A., N.Z.