28 IBIDID^. 



axillaries, as well as the under tail-coverts, black, with a slight gloss of 

 purple ; all the coverts round theheud of the wing, primary-coverts, 

 and quills below white : " bill green ; bare skin round the eye bright 

 red; feet dark red ; iris reddish " (J.. Grandidier). Total length 

 28 inches, culmen 4-6, wing 12-7, tail 5-5, tarsus 2-8. 



Young. Distinguished from the adults by the brown or sandj'- 

 brown edges to the coverts and quills ; the latter also freckled with 

 brown. The bare space round the eye more restricted and the 

 feathers of the sides of the face dusky cinnamon ; the head crested, 

 as in the adults, but the feathers of the crown more or less distinctly 

 centred with black. The disposition of the black plumes on the 

 head appears to vary with individuals, as in one bird the feathers 

 of the crown are almost entirely steel-blue, whereas another specimen 

 has the coronal feathers sandy buff. 



Hab. The same as that of the genus. 



a. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Purchased. 



b. Imm. sk. Central Madagascar. H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



c. c? juv. sk. Forest of North Senbendra, M. A. Majastre [C.]. 



Madagascar, Dec. 4. 



d. (^ juv. sk. E.iy of Bombatoc {Pollen ^ Shelley Coll. 



Van Dam). 



e. 2 ad. sk. Aukafana Fcrest,June (Z>ea?js Shelley Coll. 



Cowan). 



f. Skeleton. Madagascar. Mr. J. Crossley [C.]. 



15. CERCIBIS. ^p^ 



Cercibis, Waaler, Isis, 1832, p. 1232 C. oxycerca. 



Range. Colombia to British Guiana and the Eio Negro in Upper 

 Amazonia. 



1. Cercibis oxycerca. 



Ibis oxycercus, Spii; Av. Bras. p. 69, pi. 87 (1824) ; Wagler, Syst. 

 Av. p. 376, Ibis, sp. 15 (1827); Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. 

 iii. p. 756 (1848); Burm. Th. Bras. iii. p. 424 (1856: Upper 

 Amazon ; Rio Negro) ; Schl Mus. Pays-Bas, Ibis, p. 8 (1868) ; 



Velnho^, T -f n 1W77 r> 1 ?;« 



Adult male. General colour above black, with only a slight 

 green or purplish gloss, the latter more apparent on the wings and 

 tail ; the crown of the head feathered as well as the sides of the 

 face and ear-coverts, but the lores and all the region of the eye 

 bare, as well as the throat ; the feathers of the hind-neck crested 

 and glossed with purple, changing to green on the sides of the neck ; 

 the feathers on the fore part of the crown hoary whitish, as like- 

 wise a broad cheek-stripe ; under surface of body dull black, with 

 scarcely any gloss, the feathers ascending in a narrow line to a 



