604 

 GRALLATORES. 



ARDEIDjE. 



THE GLOSSY IBIS. 



Ibis falcinellus. 

 Tantalus falcinettus, The Glossy Ibis, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 30. 



igneus, 



Ibis falcinellus, 



Ibis falcinelle, 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 35. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 102. 



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



JENYNS, Brit. Yert. p. 194. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



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 throughout its length. Nostrils on the upper surface, and near 

 the base of the beak, oblong, 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 



