332 GLOSSY IBIS. 



ed. 1, p. 385. — Tantalus igneus, Gmel. Si/st. i., p. 649, Sp. 9. Lath. Ltd. u., p. 

 708, Sp. 16, very old individual. — Tantalus viridis, Gmel. Si/st. i., p. 648, Sp. 8. 

 Lath. Itid. ii., p. 707, Sp. 15. Montagu, i?j Linn. Trans, ix., p. 198. — Tantalus 

 mexicanusf Ord, in Journ. Ac. Philad. i., p. 53 {and perhaps of other authors, in 

 that case the Acalot of Bay and Biiffon, and its derivatives.*) — Numenius casta- 

 neus, Briss. Orn. v., p. 329, Sp. 5. Id. 8vo. ii., p. 294 (old indiv.) — Numenius 

 viridis, Briss. Orn. v., p. 326, Sp. 4, t. 27, fig. 2. Id. 8vo. ii., p. 293, two years 

 old. — Xumenius viridis, S. G. Gmel. Eeis. i., p. 167. Id. in Nov. Comm. Petrop. 

 XV., p. 462, t. 19, young. — Numenius igneus, S. G. Gmel. Reise. i., p. 166. Id. 

 in Nov. Comm. Petrop. xv., p. 460, t. 13, old specimen.— i^ri/igra autumnalis, 

 Hasselquist, Lter Palest, ii., p. 306, Sp. 26, 27, two years old. — Falcinellus, 

 Gessner, Av. p. 220. — Falcata, Gessner, Ic. Av. p. 116, with a bad figure. — ■ 

 Falcinellus, sive Avis falcata, Aldrov. Av. hi., pp. 422 and 423. Jonston, Av. 

 p. 105. Charleton, Excit. p. 110, Sp. 7. Id. Onomaiz, p. 103, Sp. 7. — Falci- 

 nellus Gesneri & Aldrovandi, "Willoughbt, Orn. p. 218. — Arcuata minor, &c., 

 Marsigli, Danub. v., p. 42, tab. 18, adult, 20, young. — Nimenius sub-aquilus, 

 Klein, Av. p. 110, Sp. 8. — Falciiiellus, or Sithebill, Ray, Av. p. 103, Sp. 3. Will. 

 Orn. p. 295, tab. 54. Id. Engl. p. 295, tab. 54, fig. 4. — Le Fauconneau ! Falci- 

 nellus, Salerne, Orn. p. 322. — Courlis vert. Buff. Ois. viii., p. 29 [ed. 1783), 

 viii., p. 379, Vers. Germ. Otto, xxii., p. 170, fig. — Courlis d'Ltalie, Buff. PI. 

 Enl. 819, adult Male. — Courlis brillant, Sonnini, Buff. Ois. xxii., p. 238, old 

 Female. — Ibis vert, Cut. Pign. Anim. i., p. 485. Id. '2d ed. i., p. 520. Roux, 

 loco citato. Satigny, Egypt. Ois. tab. vii., left hand fig. two years old. — Ibis 

 noir, S.AVIGN. Hist. Nat. et Mythol. de I'Ibis, p. 36, tab. 4. — Ibis sacr6, Temm. 

 Man. Oi'n. first ed. but not of Cuvier. — Ibis falcinejle, of most French authors and 

 of the Dictionaries. — Chiurlo, &c., Storia degli Uccelli, ix., p. 439, old Male. — 

 Ibi falcinello, Ranzani, Elem. in., pt. viii., p. 185, Sp. 3. — Mignattajo, Sati, loco 

 citato. — Bay Ibis, Penn. Arct. Zool. ii., p. 460, A. Lath. Syn. in., pt. 1, p. 113, 

 Sp. 13. Id. Suppl. p. 67. Germ, trans, by Bechst. v., p. 67, tab. 81, young. 

 Lath. Gai. Hist, ix., p. 152, Sp. 15. Brit. Miscell. tab. 18. Montag. Orn. Diet. 

 Suppl. — Green Ibis, Lath. Syn. in., pt. 1, p. 114, Sp. 13, young. Linnean 

 Trans, ix., p. 198. Mont.^g. Orn. Diet. Suppl. Lath. Gen. Hist, ix., p. 154, 

 Sp. 18. — Glossy Ibis, Lath. Syn. iii., pt. 1, p. 115, Sp. 14, old specimen. Id. 

 Gen. Hist, ix., p. 154, Sp. 17. Brit. Zool. 1812, ii., p. 30. Montag. Orn. Diet. 

 Suppl. — Brazilian Curlew, Nat. Miscell. tab. 705 ? — Sichelsnahliger Nimmerzatt, 

 Bechst. Nat. Deutschl. iv., p. 116. Meter & Wolf, Tasch. Dtutschl. Vog. ii., p, 

 352. Naum. Vog. Nacht. t. 28, adult Male. — Braune Ibis, Brehm. Lehrb. Eur. 

 Vog. II., p. 528. 



Though it may appear very extraordinary, it is not less true, that 

 one of the two species of Ibis worshipped by the ancient Egyptians, 

 their Black Ibis, has a claim to be included in our work as being an 



* The following are the indications of that obscure species, the Mexican Ibis : — 

 Tantalus mexicanus, Gmel. Syst. i., p. 652, Sp. 18. Lath. Ind. ii., p. 704, Sp. 4. — 

 Ibis mexicana, of later compilers. Ibis acalot of French compilers and Diction- 

 aries. — Numenius mexicanus varius, Briss. v., p. 335, Sp. 7. Id. 8vo. ii., p. 295. — 

 Acacolotl, Ray, Syn. p. 104, Sp. 5. Will. p. 218. Id. Engl. p. 296.— ^caZo^, Buff. 

 Ois. viii., p. 45. — Mexican Ibis, Lath. Syn. iii., pt. 1, p. 108, Sp. 5. Id. Gen. Hist. 

 IX., p. 146, Sp. 5. 



This bird is said to inhabit Mexico : it will not be superfluous to remark, that 

 tl^e proportions assigned to it are much larger than those of our Ibis falcinellus. 



