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3j inches ; one third of the upper mandible is black, and two thirds of 

 the lower red ; feathers of the head and neck black ; the swelling of 

 the neck, as well as the breast, belly, and one-third of the back, is white ; 

 scapularies white ; the rest of the bird black ; the tarsi have hexagonal, 

 reticular scales ; feet black, with the exception of some light shades of 

 red on the metatarsus. Length of beak, 1 foot ; of head and neck, 1 1 

 foot; of body, to the end of the tail, 2 feet ; legs, 2 feet 2 inches. 



Scopus Umbretta. 



1. Ibis. 



Tarsi, with hexagonal scales, answering in every respect to Cuvier's 

 description of the Ibis Rel (Tantalus ^Ethiopicus, Lath.) : excepting, that 

 the upper mandible surpasses the lower, the eighth part of an inch. 



2. Ibis. 



Top of the beak red ; belly, head, neck, and upper part of the back, ash- 

 coloured ; scapularies of a dark metallic-green ; tectrices of an olive 

 brown ; remiges and tail with an azure tinge. 



3. Ibis. 



Head, upper part, and sides of neck, of a very dark brown, speckled 

 with white ; under part of neck white ; upper parts of the remiges of 

 the wings of the same colour as the head. The rest of the bird white. 



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Numenius, Cuv. 

 Jacana, Briss. Parra, Li7i. 



The talons remarkably long; throat, breast, and belly, yellow; a. black 

 stripe descends from under each eye, they join each other on the throat 

 and look like a necklace ; head, back, wings, and tail, of a light brown, 

 mottled with a darker colour; each pen feather of the wings has a 

 yellow edge ; length 9 inches. The spur on the wing is scarcely per- 

 ceptible. 



