190 Zoology. 



The picture was taken from a living bird in the Indian Merchants 

 Society's Gardens at the Cape, and on this drawing in the 

 collection of Sir Joseph Banks Latham founded his description 

 and figure of the " Wattled Crane" (Gen. Syn., iii., pt. 1, p. 82, 

 pi. Ixxviii.), which thus becomes the type of the species. 



PI. 116. Tantalus capensis [Tantalus cafer, on plate], Forst., 

 Descr. Anim., p. 48 (1844 : Cape of Good Hope). 

 = Geronticus calvus (Bodd.); cf. Sharpe, Cat. B., xxiii.,p. 17. 

 "G. R, 1773." 

 PI. 117. Tantalus melanops, Forst., Descr. Anim., p. 332 



(1844 : Staten Land). 

 Is the " Black-faced Ibis " of Latham (Gen. Syn., iii., pt. 1, 

 p. 108, pi. Ixxix.) described from a specimen in Sir J. Banks' 

 collection, procured by Dr. Forster " in New Year's Island, near 

 Staten Land." 



= Theristicus melanosis (Gm.) ; cf. Sharpe, Cat. B., xxvi., 



p. 21. 

 " Staten Land, Jan. 3, 1775." 

 PI. 118. Scolopax caffra, Forst., Descr. Anim., p. 49 (1844: 

 Cape of Good Hope). 

 = AncylocJdlus suharquatus (Giild.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B., 

 xxiv., p. 586. 

 PL 119. Scolopax pJiaeopus, Forst. {nee Linn.), Descr. Anim., 

 p. 242 (1844: Otahaitee). 

 = Numenius tahitiensis (Gm.) ; cf. Sharpe, Cat. B., xxiv., 



p. 367. 

 "Otaheite, May 3, 1774. Tewea." 

 The Otaheite Curlew was described by Latham (Gen. Syn., 

 iii., pt. 1, p. 122) from a specimen in the collection of Sir Joseph 

 Banks, doubtless the identical one figured in Forster's drawings. 

 PI. 120. Tringa pyrrhetraea, Forst., Descr. Anim., p. 174 

 (1844 : Otaheitee). 

 = Prosobonia leucoptera (Gm.) ; cf. Sharpe, Cat. B., xxiv., 



p. 525. 

 " Taheitee. Torow." 

 The type of this now extinct species is in the Leyden 

 Museum. 



It is curious that the three figures of this bird do not agree with 

 each other. Latham does not tell us much of the actual specimen 

 which he described as the White-winged Sandpiper (Gen. Syn., 

 iii., pt. 1, p. 172, pi. Ixxxii.). He appears to have seen three 

 specimens, which must all have been in Sir Joseph Banks' 



