663 TANTALID^E. 



Oatcs, S/r. F. iii. p. 347. Inocotis papillosus, apud Oalcs, S/r. F. 

 v. p. 169. Ibis Harmondi, Oust., Bull. Soc. Philom., 1877, p. 28. 

 DAVISON'S BLACK IBIS. 



Head and a portion of the neck naked, the front of the head covered \vith 

 small warts ; remainder of neck, whole lower plumage, back, scapulars, and 

 tertiaries dark brown; rump and upper tail coverts darker, with a greenish 

 lustre; quills and tail glossy bluish black ; lesser wing coverts next the body 

 white, forming a wing spot ; nude parts blackish brown; a white band round 

 the neck ; irides orange red ; bill bluish ; legs pale coral red. (Oa/es.') 



Length 30 inches; tail 7*7; wings i5'2 ; tarsus 3*2 ; bill from gape 6-2. 



Hal. The plains of Southern Pegu, between the Pegu and Sittang rivers, 

 where it appears, as Gates says, to be a constant resident. It has also been 

 observed in the southernmost parts of Tenasserim. Extends to the Malay 

 peninsula, and is said to be found in Siam and Cochin-China. Occurs singly 

 or in pairs; feeds on the banks of muddy streams and in marshes. Breeds 

 in Pegu. Eggs, two in number, pale blue. 



Gen. Falcinellus. Seek. 



Bill long and slender, more so than in Threskiortris i tarsus longer ; 2nd and 

 3rd quills longest. 



Falcinellus igneus. The Glossy Ibis. 



1370. Palcinellus igneus (Lin.\ Jerd., P. ind. iii. p. 770; 



If ume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B. p. 635 ;.#/>'//$, B. Burm., p. 158; Elliot, 

 P. Z. S. 1877, p. 503; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 114; Dot'g, S/r. F. viii. p. 377; 



