THE BARBET THE IBIS. 



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There too was seen, hovering over the shore, 

 The Ibis (*°) that Egypt once pleas'd to adore; 

 The Curlew in Scarlet with richest tints glow'd, 

 And the Canvass-back-Duck on the waters proud 

 rode : 



nearly covered with bristles ; it is a very stupid genus. The 

 following are all I can notice : 



The ZeylonicuSf or Yellow-cheeked-Barbet, is five and a 

 half inches long; sits on trees, and murmurs or coos hke a 

 turtle-dove, but louder. Inhabits Ceylon. 



The Eleguns^ or Beautiful-Barbet, is green, head and 

 chin red, edged with blue ; quill feathers brown ; throat and 

 breast yellow, the latter spotted with red; belly yellow, spotted 

 with green ; size of a sparrow. Inhabits the shores of the 

 Amazon. The Tamatia, or Spotted-bellied Barbet, is 

 above taviny brown, beneath tawny white, spotted with black; 

 six and a half inches long. Inhabits Cayenne and Brazil. Flesh 

 insipid. 



The PhiUppensh, a native of Java, has its notes conveyed by 

 the word Ingku. Horsfield. 



('») Order, Grall^, (Linn.) Ibis, the Egyptian, the Wood, 

 the Scarlet, the Glossy, &c. 



Tlie genus Tantalus, {Linn,) or Ibis, consists of more than 

 thirty species scattered over the warmer climates of the globe. 

 The bill is long, subulate, rounded, and subarched; face naked; 

 tongue short, broad; jugular pouch naked; feet four-toed, 

 palmate at the base. The following are the chief: 



Tliclbisyor Egyptian-Ibis, has the face red, bill pale yellow; 

 quill feathers black ; body whitish-rufous. From thirty to forty 

 inches long. Inhabits, in vast numbers, the lower parts of 

 Egypt. This bird, so faithful in its native country, was made thp 

 emblem of it. Its figure, which is wrought on all the ancient 

 Egyptian monuments, represents Egypt, where divine honours 



