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IBIS FALCINELLUS. THE GLOSSY IBIS. 



Fw. 39. 



Tantalus Falcinellus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 241. 



Tantalus Falcinellus. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 707. 



Tantalus igneus, T. viridis. Gmel. Lath. Young. 



L'Ibis noir. Savigny. Hist. Nat. et Mith. de l'lbis. p. 36. 



Glossy Ibis. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Ibis falcinelle. Ibis Falcinellus. Temm. Man. d'Orn. II. 598. 



Glossy Ibis. Ibis Falcinellus. Selb. Illustr. II. 194. 



Ibis Falcinellus. Glossy Ibis. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 194. 



Ibis Falcinellus. Bonap. Comp. List, 49. 



Head feathered, excepting the loral spaces. Adult with 

 the feathers of the head and neck lanceolate and glossy ; the 

 neck, breast, and fore part of the back, deep chestnut-red ; 

 the hind part of the back, wings, and tail green, glossed with 

 bronze and purple, the plumage generally icith silky lustre. 

 Young with the feathers of the head and neck oblong, soft, 

 without gloss, each with two marginal white streaks ; the lower 

 parts deep dull brown, the upper glossy, green tinged with 

 bronze and purple. 



Maie. — The Glossy Ibis, the only species of its genus 

 that has been found in Britain, is one of those which approach 

 nearest to the Numenii, and recede farthest from the Tantali. 

 It is about the same size as our common Curlew, which it 



