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•iht; s\ri!Kn iius.* 



The earliest account ol' lln- Hiis lliat \\v liavu is I'loiii tlio \)vn oi' iroi'oddlus, an eye- 

 witness : — " The ibis is all o\or very black ; it has the legs of u crane, and a beak con- 

 siderably curved ; its size is about that of u crij: .Such is the appearance of the black 



• ll)i» uligiuMi. 



