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except the tips of its wings, which are black, is 

 bright scarlet. It feeds on small insects and crabs, 

 and will breed in a domestic state, 



Broion Ibis (T. Fuse us). 



Mack-faced Ibis (T. Melanopis). 



CURLEWS (SCOLOPAX). 



Common Curlews (Scolopax Arquata), with its nest 

 and eggs, taken on the moors between Edinburgh 

 and the falls of the Clyde. 



The young one was kept alive for some time; its 

 food was small pieces of raw flesh ; the bill, at their 

 exclusion, is little larger than our domestic fowls, 

 and it is not till the bird is nearly at its growth that 

 it attains any considerable length. 



In this Case are a number of the Scolopax genus, 

 some of which are rare. 



Sand-pipers (Tringa). Many of these are natives 

 of our own shores, where they run in quest of their 

 food with amazing celerity, uttering at the same time 

 a sharp, shrill cry, — whence their name. 



Amongst the most remarkable is the 



Ruf (T. Pugnox). Its British name is taken from 

 the remarkable feathers that stand upon its neck and 

 shoulder. They are taken in large quantities in the 



