34 Dr. Shaw'j Defcr'ipiion of a new Species of MySler'ia, 



appearance of the membranaceous or femitranfparent part on each 

 fide of the upper mandible. The colours alfo both of the bill and 

 legs are widely different from thofe of the New Holland Jabiru ; but 

 it agrees with that fpecies in having the head and neck covered with 

 feathers. Of the New Holland fpecies a beautiful fpecimen maybe 

 feen in the Leverian Mufeum, which, however, feems not to have 

 quite attained to its full fize, fince it falls Ihort of the meafurements 

 marked in fome drawings executed in New Holland from the recent 

 bird. 



In order to elucidate as much as poflible this curious genus, I fhall 

 conclude with giving the fpecific chara6lers of all the three birds 

 above mentioned. It is to be obferved, that in the Syjlema Natura: 

 no fpecific charaftcr is given of the MySleria Americana or Common 

 Jabiru ; that being then the only fpecies known to exift. It is now 

 necelTary to form one for that fpecies ; viz. 



1, MyexERiA Americana. 



M. alba, capite coUoque nudis nigris, zona colli inferioris rubra, 

 cccipite albido, roflro pedibufque nigris. 



American Jabiru.. 

 White Jabiru, with the head and neck naked and black ; a red 

 zone round the lower part of the neck ; the occiput whitifh ; 

 the bill and legs black. 



2. Mycteria Auflralis. 



M. alba, capite coUoque viridi-nigris ; teftricibus, pennis fcapula- 

 ribus caudaque nigris ; roftro nigro, pedibus rubris. 



iVew Holland Jabiru.. 

 White Jabiru^ with the head and neck green-black; the coverts, 

 fcapulars, and tail black ; the bill black, the legs red. 



3. Mycteria 



