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posed to be the T. Ibis of Linnaeus, a large spe- 

 cies, of a white colour, with the tips of the wings 

 black, and the beak yellow. From the exami- 

 nation, however, of such specimens of embalmed 

 Ibises as have lately been brought over from 

 Egypt, Monsieur Cuvier is of opinion that the 

 Egyptian Ibis is not the T. Ibis of Linnreus, but 

 either the same with, or very nearly allied to, the 

 bird described and figured by Mr. Bruce, under 

 the title of Abbou Ilannes. It is about the size 

 of a Curlew, and is of a white colour, with the 

 tips of the wings and the scapular-feathers black, 

 the base of the beak greenish, and the head slightly 

 tinged with brown. The bird however embalmed 

 by the ancient Egyptians, and examined by Cuvier 

 and others, has the head and neck naked or bare 

 of feathers, ancl of a blackish colour, a particular 

 which I do not recollect that Mr. Bruce has men- 

 tioned in his description ; nor does it appear in 

 the figure annexed to the description, in which 

 both the head and neck appear plumed ; so that 

 it is not quite clear that Mr. Bruce's bird is really 

 the Ibis of the ancient Egyptians, or that it is the 

 game with the Ibis of Monsieur Cuvier. It is 



