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its beak is very much like that of Bostrychia carunculata 

 both in size and shape, and is much shorter and weaker than 

 that of Hagedushia hag e dash, the colouring also being very 

 different ; there is no white line under the auricular region, 

 which is slightly paler than the rest of the head and neck, and 

 the greater coverts of the secondaries, instead of being golden 

 bronze, are steel-blue; the general coloration above and 

 below is much browner than in H. hagedash, and the upper 

 wing-coverts less bronze and more green. Altogether, Ibis 

 olivacea is a very different bird from H. hagedash. 



As to the generic position of Ibis olivacea Dubus, it cannot 

 be settled until we first identify Lampribis olivacea Elliot 

 ( =L. vara R., H. et K.), the type of the genus Lampribis. For 

 this purpose I must notice that Rothschild and Hartert's 

 supposition of Lampribis olivacea Elliot being different from 

 Ibis olivacea Dubus, was evidently made without knowing 

 what Dubus's species was, and under the impression that 

 " probably it was nothing more than an old Hagedashia 

 hagedash " ; but I have shown already that it is a totally 

 different bird. This point being established, we must try to 

 identify the Denkera bird, which Elliot attributed to Lampri- 

 bis olivacea (Dubus), and which Rothschild and Hartert 

 have named L. vara. Not having access to the Denkera 

 bird myself, I asked my friend Mr. Ogilvie-Grant to 

 examine the Denkera specimens in the British Museum, 

 especially as regards the shape of the bill, and he answers 

 that in size and shape the bill is exactly like that of 

 Bostrychia carunculata, which is the case also with the bill 

 of my specimen of Ibis olivacea from Prince's Island, so that 

 in that respect Lampribis olivacea Elliot (=rara R., H. et K.) 

 and Ibis olivacea Dubus perfectly agree. As to the tarsi the 

 two birds also agree, both having them reticulated with 

 hexagonal scales. I have already mentioned the mistake 

 made by Dr. Sharpe in attributing the genus Lampribis to 

 the section with transverse scales on the anterior aspect 

 of the tarsi. 



A point which has puzzled me much in the identification 

 of L. olivacea Elliot is the coppery-red colour of the smaller 



