1. IBIS. 7 



o. 5 ad. sk. Kroonstad, Orange Free State, Gurney Coll. 



June 2 {F. Sijinonds). 



_p.Ad.sk. South .VtVica. Earl of Derby [P.]. 



q. .Juv. St. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



r. Skeleton. South Aliica. Purchased. 



2. Ibis bernieri. 



Ibis bernieii, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 151, note (1850) ; Schl. Sr Poll. Faune 

 Madag., Ois. ii. p. 126 (1868) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 381, cum 

 fig.; Gray, Hand-l B. iii. p. 40, no. 10223 (1871); Reichen. 

 J.f. O. 1877, p. 151 ; FUiot, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 487; Sibree, Ibts, 

 1892, p. 117. 



Ibis religiosa (nee Savi(/n.), Ilartl. Faun. Madag. ^. 77 (1861) ; Schl. 

 P. Z. S. 1866, p. 425. 



Ibis tBthiopica, var. bernieri, Grandid. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1868, 

 p. 1 ; Milne-Edicards A" Grandid. H. N. Madag., Ois. ii. p. 531, 

 pis. 218-221 (1882: S.W., W., and N.E. Madagascar). 



Threskiornis bernieri, Jfartl. Vog. Madag. p. 317 (1877). 



Adult. Allied to Ibis (Hliiopica, and having no elongated plumes 

 on the fore-neck. It differs, however, in having the white plumes 

 extending higher ou the neck, in its white iris, in its pure white 

 quills, and in its ashy-grey inner secondaries : " bill and neck 

 black ; feet dark brown ; iris white " {A. Grandidier). Total 

 length 21 inches, culraen 4-9, wing 14, tail 5-4, tarsus 3. 



M. Grandidier says that, during the breeding-season, the colour of 

 the body becomes bright red. 



Young. Differs from the adult in having the head feathered as 

 well as the neck, both these parts streaked with black and white. 



Hah. Madagascar. 



a. Ad. St. Madagascar. Zoological Society. 



b. Juv. sk. " Between the two forests, Rev. J. Wills [C.]. 



E. Madagascar.'' 



3. Ibis melanocepliala. 



Black-headed Ibis, Lath. Gen. Sgn. Sappl. i. p. 241 (1787). 



Tantalus melanocephalus, Lath. Lid. Orn. ii. p. 709 (1790). 



Tantalus de Mace, Cup. Ann. Mas. Pari>i, iv. p. 125 (1804). 



Ibis melauocephala, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xvi. p. 23 (1817) ; 

 Jard. Sr Selbi/, III. Orn. iii. pi. 120 (c. 1887) : Bp. Consp. li. p. 151 

 (1855) ; id. C. R. xl. p. 724 (1855) ; Schl. Mus. Pags-Bas, Ibis, 

 p. 15 (1863 : Java); Salmd. Ucc. Born. p. 359 (1874) ; Blyth, B. 

 Burnt, p. 158 (1875: Arakan) ; Flliot, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 488; 

 David Sr Oust. Ois. Chi?ie, p. 452 (1S77 : Cochin China ; N. of 

 China ; ? Manchuria) ; Hume ^- Davison, Sfr. F. vi. p. 484 ( 1878 : 

 0. Tenasserim) ; Davidson S,- Wenden, Str. F. vii. p. 91 (Deccan ; 

 ? breeding) ; Cripps, t. c. p. 310 (Faridpur : cold weather) ; 

 Hume, t. c. p. 491 (Calcutta) ; Legge, B. Ceglon, p. 1106 (1879 : 

 breeding) ; Hume, Sfr. F. viii. p. 144 (1879) ; Doig, t. c. p. 372 

 (E. Narra : breeding) ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind etc. p. 71 (1879) ; 

 id. Cat. B. S. Bomb. Pres. p. 85 (1880) : Vidal, Str. F. ix. p 91 

 (1880 : S. Konkan: cold weather) ; Bittler, t.c. p. 435 ; Reid,Str. 

 F. X. p. 77 (1881 : Lucknow : cold weather) ; Oates, Str. F. x. 



