GRALLATORES. 



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SCARLET IBIS (/. Rubra). 



glittering plumage. When alive it is altogether 

 one of the handsomest birds in South Africa, but 

 loses much of its natural beauty when life is ex- 

 tinct." * 



Numenius,-\ the Curlew. 



These birds differ little from the last, except in 

 that the front of the head is clothed with feathers. 

 The species are few, but widely scattered. 



* Wanderings in S. Africa, vol. i. p. 174. 



t " From neomenie, new moon, from its crescent-shaped bill." Cuv. 



