166 GLOSSY IBIS. 



membrane, Iiinder toe on the same plane with 

 the others ; wings long, second, third, and 

 fourth, nearly equal and longest. 

 Types, /. rubra, falcinellus, &c. Europe, Asia, 

 Africa. 



THE GLOSSY IBIS. 



Ibis falcmellus. 

 PLATE X. 



Tantalus falcinellus, Linn. Ibis falcinellus, Temm. Bay 

 Ibis, Green Ibis, Glossy Ibis, of British authors. 



THIS richly-coloured hird has now been frequently 

 killed in several of the English counties, from the 

 south even to Northumberland. In Ireland, by 

 Mr. Thompson, it is stated as a rare visitant. On 

 the continent it also occurs sparingly, and reaches 

 a locality so far north as Iceland.* The bird of 

 India was considered identical by Dr. Latham. 

 Colonel Sykes includes it among the birds of the 

 Dukhun ; and, in a list of birds published in the 

 Annals of Natural History, Little Thibet is given to 

 it.t Java, Sunda, and other islands in the eastern 

 * Wagler. f Letter from G. F. Vigne, Esq. viii. p. 224. 



