12 IBIDID^. 



blackish : " head and fore part of neck naked and of a dull inky 

 black ; bill dull black, crossed at the base by irregular transverse 

 bars of yellowish brown ; thighs crimson ; legs blackish brown, the 

 two colours blending at the knee ; iris dark brown " {J. Gould); 

 Total length 29 inches, culmen 8, wing 14-7, tail 5-4, tarsus 3-3. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour, but smaller. Total 

 length 27 inches, culmen 5-35, wing 14'2, tail 5'3, tarsus 3'2. 



Young. General colour above uniform sooty -black, with none of 

 the gloss of the adult ; head and neck feathered, the crown and 

 sides of face dusky blackish or striated with white ; the hinder 

 neck white, like the entire under surface of body ; the sides of the 

 chest slightly blackish, but not glossed with purple as in the adult. 



Hah. Australia, except the western portion. 



a, b. Juv. sk. Australia. Purchased. 



c. Ad. St. Australia. Major-Gen. Hard- 



wicke [P.]. 



d. Ad. ; e. Juv. sk. N. S. Wales. Hume CoU. 



/. Juv. St. N. S. Wales. Australian Museum 



g. Juv. St. N. S. Wales. Zoological Society. 



h,i. Ad.etjuv.sk. Queensland (J. T. Cockerell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



k. Juv. sk. N.W. Australia ( T. H. Bowyer Capt. Bowver Bower 



Boiver). [P.]. 



3. INOCOTIS. 



Type. 



Inocotis, Reichenb. Av. Syst. Nat. p. xiv (1852) I. papillosus. 



Pseudibis, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 86 (1844) . . I. papillosus. 



Range. Confined to the Indian Peninsula. 



1 . Inocotis papillosus. 



Ibis papillosa, Teinm. PL Col. v. pi. 304 (1824) ; Less. Traite, p. 568 

 (1831); Sykes, P. Z. 8. 1832, p. 162 (Deccan); Schl. Mus. Pays- 

 Bas, Ibis, p. 11 (1863: Dusan River, Borneo) ; Reichen. J.f. O. 

 1877, p. 149. 



Ibis papillata, Wagler, Syst. Av., Ibis, sp. 10, p. 371 (1827). 



Ibis (Pseudibis) papillosa, Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Grallce, 

 pi. 78 (no. 629) ; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 86 (1844). 



Geronticus papLUosus, Gray, List Grallce Brit. Mus. p. 90 (1844) ; 

 id. Cat. Matmn. etc. Nepal pres. Hodgs. p. 137 (1846) ; id. Gen. B. 

 iii. p. 566 (1847) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 275 (1849) ; 

 Licht. No7nencl. Av. Berol. p. 154 (1855) ; Irbi/, Ibis, 1861, p. 243 

 (Oudh: cold weather) ; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 769 (1864) ; Blytk, 

 Ibis, 1867, p. 174 ; Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 400 (Manbhum) ; Grai/, 

 Hand-l. B. iii. p. 39, no. 10219 (1871) ; Hayes Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, 

 p. 419 (Kathiawar) ; Hume, Nests S,- Eggs Ind. B. p. 633 (1873) ; 

 id. Str. F. i. p. 257 (1873) ; Adatn, t. c. p. 400 (Sambhur : breeding) ; 

 Ball, Str. F. ii. p. 436 (1874) ; Sahad. Ucc. Born. p. 360 (1874) ; 

 Blytk, B. Burm. p. 158 (1875 : Arrakan) ; Butler, Str. F. iv. p. 25 

 (N. Guzerat) ; Hume, t. c. p. 25, note ; Fairb. t. c. p. 264 (Deccan) ; 

 Ball, Str. F. vii. p. 231 (1878: Ganges— Godaveri) : Murray, 

 Vertebr. Faun. Sind, p. 278 (breeding). 



Inocotis papillosus, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 154 (1855) ; id. C. R. xl. p. 724 



