194 AVES GRALLATORES. [Ims. 



(Old female.) Somewhat smaller; the occipital crest shorter; the buff- 

 coloured patch on the breast not so distinct. (Young of the year.) No 

 occipital crest ; the feathers on the head short and rounded : shafts of all 

 the quills, and tips of the primaries, deep black ; the rest of the plumage 

 white : bill deep ash-colour, soft, and very flexible : irides cinereous : lore 

 and orbits dingy white. " The patch of buff yellow on the breast does 

 not shew itself 'till the second or third year." TEMM. (Egg.) White, 

 spotted with pale reddish brown : long. diam. two inches nine lines ; 

 trans, diam. one inch nine lines. 



A rare visitant in England. Pennant mentions a flock which migrated 

 into the marshes near Yarmouth in Norfolk, in April 1774. Since then, 

 specimens have been killed in Somersetshire, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, 

 Lincolnshire, and Suffolk. In the latter county, three were shot out of 

 a flight of seven, which appeared at Thorpe, in the Autumn of 1828. 

 Common in Holland, frequenting the banks of rivers near their junction 

 with the sea. Food, small fish, mollusca, and aquatic insects. Builds 

 in trees or amongst rushes. Eggs two or three in number. 



GEN. 72. IBIS, Lacep. 



184. I. Falcinellus, Temm. (Glossy This.) Neck, 

 breast, and under parts, bright chestnut-red; lower back, 

 rump, wings and tail, glossy green with purple reflections. 



I. Falcinellus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. u. p. 598. Glossy Ibis, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet. $> Supp. Selb. Illust. vol. n. p. 56. pi. 12. 

 Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. n. p. 33. Bay Ibis, Sow. Brit. Misc. 

 pi. 17. Brazilian Curlew, Shaw, Nat. Misc. vol. xvn. pi. 705. 



DIMENS. Entire length twenty-two inches : length of the bill (from 

 the forehead) four inches, (from the gape) four inches three lines ; of the 

 tarsus three inches six lines ; of the naked part of the tibia one inch ten 

 lines ; from the carpus to the end of the wing ten inches eight lines. 



DESCRIPT. (Old bird in perfect plumage.) Head chestnut-red passing 

 into dusky brown ; neck, breast, upper part of the back, and all the under 

 parts, bright chestnut-red ; lower part of the back, rump, wing-coverts, 

 primary quills, and tail-feathers, deep dusky green, with purple and 

 bronze reflections : bill and legs greenish black : lore and orbits green : 

 irides brown. (Young till the age of three years.) Head, throat, and 

 upper part of the neck, dusky brown, the feathers with whitish edges ; 

 occasionally a few large irregular spots and transverse bars of this last 

 colour : lower part of the neck, breast, belly, and thighs, cinereous black, 

 with a few greenish reflections on the breast: back and scapulars greenish 

 brown ; wings and tail as in the perfect plumage, but with the gloss of 

 green and purple much less brilliant. The young of the year have the 

 whole plumage inclining more to cinereous brown ; and the feathers on 

 the head and neck more broadly edged with white. (Egg.) Unknown. 

 , An occasional but rare visitant in this country. Has been killed in the 

 counties of Cornwall, Devon., Kent, Berks., Norfolk, and Northumber- 

 land; also in Anglesea and Ireland. Most of the specimens have occurred 

 during the autumnal and winter months. Common in the eastern parts 

 of Europe, inhabiting the borders of lakes and rivers. Feeds on insects, 

 worms, shell-fish, and aquatic plants. Nidification unknown. Obs. The 

 Green Ibis of Latham and other authors is this species in immature 

 plumage. 



