1877. J MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE IBIDINiE. 479 



1829. Wagler, 'Isis.' 



Several species of this group of birds are mentioned in the ' Isis ' 

 of this year, some of which are described as new ; but none are valid. 

 The species named are Ibis guarauna, I. macei (^I. melanocephalus, 

 Lath.), I. papillata (= /. papillosa, Temm.), /. calva, and /. 

 gonocephala (= Tantalus ^ /. calvus, Bodd.). 



1832. Wagler, 'Isis.' 



Several genera for these birds are proposed, as follows, and a list 

 given of their species : — Idis, Cuv., ex piarte, to contain I. religiosa 

 ( •= Tantalus cethiopicus. Lath.), I. macei (=7". melanocephala, Lath.), 

 and /. 7nolucca, Cuv. ( = 7'. cEthiopicus, Lath.); Tantalides has T. 

 falcinellus {=-Falcinellus igneus), and T. guarauna; Theristicus 

 possesses T. melanopis (= tScolopax caudatus, Bodd.) ; Geronticus 

 with G. calvus and I. papillata (= I. papillosa, Temm.); Harpi- 

 prion has Ibis cayennensis, I. dentirostris (= T. cayanensis, Gmel.), 

 and I. plumbea ( = /. carulescens, Vieill.) ; Eudocifnus contains Ibis 

 rubi-a, I. alba, and I. lo7igirostris, Wagl. (= T. albus, Linn.) ; 

 Cercibis to have I. oxycerca, Spix ; Phimosus represented by /. in- 

 fuscata, Lich., and I. nudifrons, Spix. (= I. in/uscata, Licht.). 



1835. RiJppELL, 'Fauna Abyssinica.' 



Bostrychia carunculata described and figured as Ibis carunculata. 

 Species 17. 



1835. Jameson, 'Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal.' 

 Carphibis spinicollis described as Ibis spinicollis. Species 18. 



1837. Du Bus, ' Bulletin de 1' Academic de Bruxelles.' 

 Lampribis olivacea described as Ibis olivacea. Species 19. 



1844-1849. G. R. Gray, « Genera of Birds.' 



In this valuable publication, the Ibises are placed in the family 

 Ardeidse, and compose its fifth subfamily. Three genera are con- 

 signed to it, viz. : — Tantalus, properly belonging to the Ciconiidse ; 

 Ibis, with five species, only three of which are valid according to the 

 present writer's views ; and Geronticus, with eighteen species, four- 

 teen of which are good. The various genera proposed by other 

 authors are merged in Geronticus, which is not admissible, as the 

 species of this group represent many distinct genera worthy of 

 recognition. 



1845. RuppELL, ' Systematische Uebersicht der Vogel Nord-Ost- 

 Afrika's.' 



Comatibis comata, described as Ibis {Geronticus) comata. 

 Species 20. 



1857. Bonaparte, 'Conspectus Generum Avium.' 

 The Ibises here form the subfamilies Ibinae and Eudociminse of 

 the Tantalidse ; and sixteen genera are employed. Ibis contains five 

 species, three of which are good, I. bernieri, of Madagascar, being 

 separated from /. cethiopica : Nipponia, and Carphibis, each with 

 one valid species. In the division Geronticeae we have Bostrychia, 



