586 IBIS PLEGADIS 



817. RED-CHEEKED IBIS. 

 IBIS EREMITA. 



Ibis eremita (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 159 (1766) ; (Rothsch. and Hart,), 

 Novit. Zool. iv. p. 371, pis. viii. ix. x. (1897) ; Ibis comata, Ru'pp. 

 Neue Wirbelth. Vbgel. p. 49 (1835-40) ; Dresser, vi. p. 329, pi. 408 ; 

 (Sharpe), Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxvi. p. 16 ; I.calvus, Levaill. jr. Expl. 

 Sclent. dePAlg. pi. 12 (1850, nee. Bodd.). 



Kel-ainak, Turk. 



$ ad. (Asia Minor). General plumage dark coppery green, the crown 

 black ; head and throat bare ; feathers on the neck elongated, pointed, 

 forming a ruff ; lesser wing-coverts rich coppery purple ; bill, naked throat, 

 and head with.the legs dull blood-red ; iris fiery red. Culmen 5'2, wing 16'7, 

 tail 8*5, tarsus 3'0 inch. The tips of the tail-feathers are abruptly acumi- 

 nate. Sexes alike. The young bird is duller in colour, lacks the elongated 

 feathers on the hind-neck, and the head and neck are covered with dirty 

 white feathers, tinged with rusty brown. 



Hob. In the 16th century this Ibis was a native of Switzer- 

 land, as stated by Gesner, but it now only inhabits Asia Minor, 

 and North Africa south to Abyssinia. 



Frequents rocky and desolate mountain ranges, where it 

 feeds on insects of various kinds, snails, and reptiles. It nests 

 in holes in the cliffs, generally in almost inaccessible places, 

 and deposits bluish white eggs which measure about 2'52 by 

 1-74. 



PLEGADIS, Kaup, 1829. 



818. GLOSSY IBIS. 

 PLEGADIS FALCINELLUS. 



Plegadis falcinellus (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 241 (1766) ; (Naum.), viii. 

 p. 539, Taf. 219 ; (Hewitson), ii. p. 321, pi. Ixxxvi. ; Gould. B. of 

 E. iv. pi. 301 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 47 ; Dresser, vi. p. 335, 

 pi. 409 ; Audub. B. of Am. pi. 387 ; Sharpe, Cat, B. Br. Mus. xxvi. 

 p. 29 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 364 ; Saunders, p. 391 ; 

 Lilford, vii. p. 47, pi. 17 ; P. autumnalis, Ridgw. p. 124. 



Ibis falcinelle, French ; Magarico preto, Portug. ; Morito, 

 Span. ; Mignattaio, Ital. ; DunMfarlige Sichler, German ; Sort- 

 Ibis^ Dan. and Norweg. ; Svart-Ibis, Swed. ; Koravaika, Russ. ; 

 Madzet el Md, Arab ; Maiza, Moor. ; Kaw&ri, Choia-buza, 

 Hindu. 



$ ad. (Spain). Forepart of head metallic greenish black, rest of head, 

 neck, upper back, edge of shoulder and under parts rich deep copper- 

 brown ; back glossed with purple ; rest of upper parts, wings and tail 



