338 BIRDS. 
Scopus*, Briss. 
The Umbres are only distinguished from the Storks by a compressed 
bill, whose trenchant ridge is inflated near the base, and whose nostrils 
are continued by a groove, which runs parallel with the ridge to its end, 
the latter being slightly hooked. Only one species is known, 
Scop. umbretta, Enl. 796; Viell. Galer. 250, (The Umbre), 
which is the size of a Crow, and of an umber colour, The occiput 
of the male is tufted. Found throughout Africa. 
Hrans, Lacep.—Anistomus, Iilig. 
These birds are only separable from the Storks by a character of about 
equal consequence with that of the Jabirus. Their two mandibles only 
come in contact at the base and points, leaving an interval between the 
middle of their edges. Still this space seems to be the result of detrition, 
for the fibres of the horny substance of the bill, which appear to have 
been worn away, are very visible. 
They are from the East Indies. One is whitish, Ardea pontice- 
riana, Gm., Enl. 932; and Vieill. Gal. 251, and the other a brown- 
grey,— A rdelia coromandeliana, Sonner. It., II], 219. The quills 
of the wings and tail are black in both. Perhaps the last one may 
be the young of the first. A third, of an iris black, Bec-ouvert a 
lames; An. lamelliger, Tem., Col. 236, is remarkable because the 
stem of each of its feathers terminates in a narrow horny plate, 
which extends beyond the barbs. The 
Dromas, Paykull. 
The Dromes strongly resemble the preceding birds, having the same 
feet and carriage, but their compressed bill, the under part of which is 
somewhat inflated at the base, is perforated by oval nostrils, and its edges 
join closely. 
Dromas ardeola, Payk., Stockh. Mem., 1805; pl. 8; Col. 362. 
The only species known. Its plumage is white; part of the mantle 
and wings black. From the shores of the Red Sea, and of the Se- 
negal river}. 
Tantatus, Lin. 
The Wood Pelicans have the feet, nostrils and bill of the Stork; but 
the back of the bill is rounded, its point curved downwards, and slightly 
emarginated on each side: a part of their head and sometimes of the neck 
is destitute of feathers. 
T. loculator, L.; Enl. 868; Wils. VITI, lxvi, 1. (The Wood 
Pelican of America). Is the size of a Stork, but more slender; 
white; quills of the wings and tail black; bill and feet, as well as 
* Scopus, from scopos, sentinel. 
+ Dupont, Ann. des Sc. Nat. tom. IX, pl. xlv, It is the Erodia amphilensis, Salt., 
Voy. in Abyss., Atl. pl. xxxi. 
