100 IBIDID^. 



Genus INOCOTIS, Eeichenh. 



Inocotis papulosa {Temm.). 



Geionticus papillosu.s, Jerd. Birds Lid. iii. p. 769 (1864). 



Inocotis papillosus, Oafes ed. Hume, Nests S,- Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 228- 



(1890); !<Jiarj)e, Cat. Birds B.M. xxvi. p. 12 (1898). 

 Inocotis papilloma. .S/iarpe, Hand-l. i. p. 185 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black Ibis are usually- of an ordinary oval form, 

 but some are very narrow and others are more or less pointed at 

 both ends. They ai'e pale bluish green, often plain, but at times 

 spotted with brown or yellowish brown. The markings are 

 invariably sparse and faint. The eggs measure from 2-24 to 2-77 

 in length, and from I'O to 1'86 in breadth. 



Genus COMATIBIS, Eeichenh. 

 Comatibis comata {Elirenh.). 



Geronticua comatuf, Tristram, Ibis, 1860, p. 78. 

 Ibis comata, Dresser, Birds Bur. vi. p. 329 (1880). 

 Gerontieus calvu* apiid Danford, Ibis, 1880, p. 88. 



Comatibis comata. S/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. IG (1898) ; id.. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 180 (1899). 



An egg of the Eed-cheeked, or Bald, Ibis in the Collection 

 is nearly elliptical in shape, slightly rough in texture, and 

 with no gloss. It is of a very pale blue colour, marked, more thickly 

 at the broader end than else^yhere, with spots and very small 

 blotches of yellowish brown and pale rufous. It measures 2-37 

 by 1-73. 



1. Algeria (Loche). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus HAGEDASHIA, Bp. 



Hagedashia hagedash {Lath.). 

 (Plate V, fig. 5.) 



Gerontieus hagedash. Giirney, Ibis, 1865, p. 274: Butler, Feilde7i 1^- Eeid, 

 Zool. 1882, p. 423. 





