GLOSSY IBIS. 



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GRALLATORES. 



ARDEIDjE. 



THE GLOSSY IBIS. 



Tantalus falcinellus, The Glossy Ibis, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 30. 



,, igneus ,, ,, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



„ ,, ,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 35. 



Ibis falcinellus, „ „ Flem. Brit. An. p. 102. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 56. 



„ ,, „ „ Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 194. 



J, ,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xii. 



,, „ Ibis falcinelle, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii, p. 598. 



Ibis. Generic Characters. — Beak long, slender, curved, large at the base, 

 the point depressed, obtuse, rounded ; upper mandible deeply grooved through, 

 out its length. Nostrils on the upper surface and near the base of the beak, 

 oblono-, narrow, pierced, in a membrane which covers part of the aperture. 

 Face, lore and sometimes the chin naked, without feathers. Legs rather long, 

 naked above the tarsal joint ; three toes in front, one behind, the anteiorr toes 



