502 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE IBIDINJE. [Juue 5, 



Geronticus carunculatus, G. R. Grray, Gen. Birds (1847) vol. iii. 

 p. 567. sp. 11 ; id. Hand-1. B. (1871) pt. iii. p. 40. 



Bostrychia carunculata, Reich. Nov. Syn. Av. (1851) pi. 83. 

 fig. 1011 ; Bon. Cou. Gen. Av. (1857) vol. iii. p. 152. 



Harj)iprion carunculatus, Von Heugl. Syst. Ubers. Vog. Nordost- 

 Afr. (1855) p. 313. sp. 034. 



Ibis (Harpiprion) carunculata, Blanf. Zool. Abyss. (1870) p. 437. 

 sp. 276. 



Hab. Abyssinia. 



This species is very abundant, according to Blanford (/. c), 

 throughout the higher portions of" the highlands of Abyssinia tra- 

 versed by him. It was common at Senafe, in the swamps and 

 meadows bordering the lake at Ashangi, and especially on the 

 Wadela and Dalanta plateaux. It is met with either solitary or in 

 small flocks, keeps to open meadows or cultivated fields, and feeds 

 on snails, caterpillars, beetles, locusts, &c. Its voice is harsh ; but it 

 seldom utters its cry. 



This bird is remarkable for the long wattle that hangs down from 

 the lower part of the throat, and is the only member of this group 

 possessing such a peculiar character. It is the type of Reichenbach's 

 genus Bostrychia. 



Head, crest, and neck dark brown, the feathers edged with greyish 

 white ; back dark brown, with a slight greenish gloss, feathers edged 

 with Hght brown ; back and upper tail-coverts pale green-bronze ; 

 wings and scajjulars greenish bronze, darker than the rump, with 

 reddish reflections ; secondaries dark green bronze, edges of outer 

 webs with purple reflections ; great coverts white along the shoulder ; 

 those below brownish black, bordered with white ; primaries dark 

 bronze-green ; tail dark bronze-green, the feathers with purple reflec- 

 tions on their edges ; underparts dark olive-brown with green re- 

 flections, feathers tipped with greyish white ; under tail-coverts very 

 long, extending two thirds the length of the rectrices, dark green 

 with a purple gloss ; bill dull red, a long narrow red wattle hangs 

 from the lower part of the throat, an inch and three quarters in 

 length in its dried state ; legs and feet red. Total length 25 inches ; 

 wing 14, tail 7|, bill along culmen 4|, tarsus 2^. 



17. Harpiprion cayanensis. 



Courly vert de Cayenne, Buff. PI. Enlum. no. 820. 



Cayenne Ibis, Lath. Gen. Syn. vol. iii. p. 107. sp. 3. 



Tantalus cayanensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. (1788) vol. i. p. 652. 

 sp. 17 ; Lath. Ind. Orn. (1790) vol. ii. p. 704. sp. 3 ; Less. Trait. 

 Orn. (1831) p. 567. sp. 2. 



Ibis sylvatica, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. Hist, Nat. (1817) vol. xvi. 

 p. 16 ; id. Eucy. Meth. torn. iii. p. 1146 (1823). 



Ibis dentirostris, Wagl. Syst. Av. (1827) sp. 7. 



Harpiprion cayanensis, Wagl. Isis (1832) p. 1232 ; Fraser, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. (1843) p. 117; Boie, Consp. Gen. Av. (1857) vol. ii. 

 p. 155 ; Sclat. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neot, (1873) p. 127. 



