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under mandible, dilatable as in the Gannet. Space round the eye, 

 orange. Irids red. Cheeks and hind-head covered with a bare black 

 skin. The neck long, covered generally with short white feathers, 

 on the upper part tinged with crimson. Breast white, with a fulig- 

 inous tint at the sides ; from the upper part of the breast proceeds a 

 long tuft of pale, rose colored capillary plumes. Back white, w^ith a 

 slight brownish tint. Wings rose color, beneath brighter, the shafts 

 deeper ; the shoulders of the wings as well as the upper and lower 

 tail coverts, of a full carmine color, the humeral feathers capillary. 

 Belly rose, the rump paler. Tail even, of a brownish orange. Legs 

 and naked part of the thighs, dark sullied red. Feet half webbed ; 

 the toes very long, particularly the hind one. 



WOOD IBIS. (Tantalus, Lin. Temm.) 



In the birds of this genus, the bill is stout, as w4de as the face at 

 its base, compressed and attenuated, curved only towards the point; 

 the upper mandible not furrowed, notched ; the edges approximating 

 so closely as to form a narrow channel ; lower mandible not chan- 

 nelled. Nostrils at the base of the bill, contiguous, longitudinal, 

 elliptical, pervious, and uncovered. Head naked and warty, cheeks 

 with scattered feathers. Feet nearly semipalmated ; tarsus twice as 

 long as the middle toe ; nails short and rather blunt. The 1st and 2d 

 primaries about equal, and longest. 



The genus is composed of but 4 species, one in each grand division 

 of the globe, except Europe. 



