524; HERODIONES. 



a (Arthur Strickland) 1850. b. 

 A widely ranging Asiatic species. 



2553. Tantalus ibis. 



Tantalus ibis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 241 : Reich. J. f. Orn. 

 1877, p. 162. 



a (Arthur Strickland) 1850. 

 A widely ranging African species. 



FAMILY. PLATALEID^S. 



SUBFAMILY. IBIDIN^E. 



IBIS. 



Ibis, Lacdpede, Mdm. de 1'Inst. Sc. Math, et Phys. iii. p. 518 

 (1801) : Savigny, Descr. de 1'Egypte, xxiii. p. 392 (1828). 



2554. Ibis sethiopica. 



Tantalus cvthiopicus, Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 706. 

 Ibis cethiopica, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 221: Elliot, P. Z. S. 

 1877, p. 485 (partim). 



a (Arthur Strickland) 1850. 

 An African species. 



2555. Ibis melanocephalus. 



Tantalus melanocephalus, Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 709. 



Threskiornis melanocephalus, Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 768. 



Ibis melanocephalus, Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 39 : 

 Elliot, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 488. 



a India (" Threskiornis melanocephala" E. Blytli) 1845. b 

 India ("Threskiornis melanocephala," E. Blyth) 1846. 



CARPHIBIS. 

 Carphibis, Reichenbach, Syst. Av. p. xiv. (1852-3). 



2556. Carphibis spinicollis. 



Ibis spinicollis, Jameson, Mem. Wern. N. H. Soc. vii. p. 485; 

 Edinb. New Phil. Journ. xix. p. 213. 



Geronticus spinicollis, Gould, B. Austr. vi. pi. 45. 

 Carphibis spinicollis, Elliot, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 491. 

 a New South Wales (M c Donald) 1838. 



