FALCINELLUS. 



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wing above the shoulder, formed by the white of the innermost lesser 

 wing-coverts; bill plumbeous with a greenish tinge; irides orange red; 

 legs and feet brick red. 



Length. — 30 inches, wing 15, tail 7"5, bill 6 to 7, tarsus 3. 



Hub. — Sind, Beloochistan, Persia, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh^ 

 Bengal, Rajputana, Kutch, Central India, Khandeish, Guzerat, Concan 

 and Deccan. Occurs on the Western Coast generally. A resident in 

 Sind; breeds from July to September. 



Gen. Falcinellus. — Bech. 



Bill long and slender, more so than in Tlireslciornis ; tarsus longer; 

 2nd and 3rd quills longest. 



Falcinellus igneus. The Glossy Ibis. 



Falcinellus igneus, Linn. ; P. E. 819 ; Desc. deVEgypte, t. 7, 2; 

 Gould. B. Eur. pi. 311; Jerd. B. Lid. iii. p. 771, No. 943; Str. F- 

 i. 257 ; Murray, Hdhlc, Zool., 8fc., Sind. p. 230. — The Glossy Ibis. 



Head, on the crown and sides deep greenish dark brown, glossed 

 with metallic purple, the feathers lanceolate ; neck, nape, chin and 

 throat, also the back and breast deep rich reddish brown or chestnut 

 red ; lower back, rump, wing-coverts and tail dark green, with bronze 

 and purple reflections ; primaries dark brownish black, tinged with 

 green ; tertiaries dark red brown ; legs blackish green, with a blue 

 garter above the knee ; claw of mid-toe scooped or hollow below, and 

 forming a sharp edge on one side ; irides brown ; lores nude. 



Length. — 22 — 23 inches, wing 10-5 to 11, bill at front 6 to 6*5, tarsus 

 4'5. Birds of the year are dark brown, the feathers of the head, chin 



