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thighs and legs red. Length, 3'; wing, 18"; tail, 7|". The 

 young bird is of a dull brownish-grey ; wing and tail black. 



A single specimen of this bird in the young stage of jjlumage was 

 shot at Nel's Poort by Mr. Henry Jackson, and another appeared in 

 Mr. Chapman's collection. 



February, 1866.— A full-grown bird was received lately from Mr. H. 

 Jackson, who states that it was killed by him on his dam. It was in 

 company with two others, which would not, however, permit any 

 approach after the death of their comrade. 



Genua IBIS, Mcehring. 



Bill lengthened, slender, and curved throughout its whole 

 length ; the sides compressed to the tip, which is obtuse; the 

 nostrils lateral, basal, and placed in a slender groove, that 

 extends from the base to the tip, with the opening linear and 

 exposed ; wings rather long and pointed, with the first and 

 second quills equal and longest ; tail rather short, and nearly 

 even ; tarsi slender, and longer than the middle toe, covered 

 in front with broad transverse scales, some of which are 

 divided irregularly ; toes long and slender, the inner rather 

 shorter than the outer, and both united at the base by a 

 membrane ; the hioid toe long and slender ; the claws long, 

 and rather weak ; the head is partly denuded of plumes. 



603. Ibis FalcinellUS. (Linn.) Sys. Nat., Yol. 1, 

 p. 241 ; PI. Enl. 819 ; Tantalus Tgneus et T. Viridis, 

 Gmel. ; Falcinellus Igneus, Becht., Bonap. Consp. 2, 

 p. 158. 



General colour, very dark-brown, resplendent with iride- 

 scent-green, purple, and bronze reflections ; shoulders deep 

 ruddy-brown, as are also the neck and under parts ; the 

 cheeks and chin mottled with white. In some specimens the 

 neck and under parts are not ruddy, and the former is mot- 

 tled all the way down. 



Hartlaub cites this as a South African species ; but it has not come 

 under my notice, dead or alive ; and it is quite familiar to me in either 

 state, having shot many of them in Ceylon. Mr. Ayers has obtained 

 it in Natal. 



Genus GERONTJICUS, Wagler. 

 Bill more or less strong, elevated at the base, and curved 

 throughout its length ; the sides compressed to the tip ; which 

 is obtuse ; the nostrils basal, lateral, and placed in a groove, 

 which extends from the base to the tip, with the opening 

 linear and exposed ; wings long and pointed, with the first 



