BROWN AND WHITE IBIS. 



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Frequent the coafts of the 5^^^/;^^ iflands. Are common \n Eafi Place. 



Florida : in Georgia are frequent in the months of July and Aiigufi,'z.ix.Q? 

 which they retire fouthward. A few are feen- in the fouth of C«riji/?»^, 

 and the pai-cs of America within- the tropics, and very feldpm to th« 

 Horth. Thefe birds perch, like the former, upon trees, and make a mod 

 refplendent appearance. They lay their eggs in the tall grafs. When 

 firft hatched, the young are of a dufky color : their firft change is to 

 afh-colorj then to white; and, in their fecond year, to columbine; 

 and with age acquire their brilliant red. In Guiana it is often 

 domefticated, fo as never to leave the poultry yard. It fhews great 

 courage ih attacking the fowls, and will even oppofe itfelf to the 

 cat. The flefh is efteemed excellent. Its rich plumage is ufed by 

 the Braftlians for various ornaments. 



Brown Curlew, Catejby, i. 83. — Tie Buffon, vii. \2,— Latham, iii. g^^ Brown. 



Tantalus Fufcus, Lin. Syft. zi^z. 



T With the bill fix inches and a half long, refembling the former : 

 bill, face, and legs, red : neck, upper part of the back, and 

 tail, of a cinereous brown : lower part of the back, breaft, and 

 belly, white. 



White Curlew, Catejby,\. 82. — Be Buffan, vii. 41. — PI. Enl. 915. — Latham,'\\u ,5,_ Whiti. 



Tantalus Albus, Lin. Sjji. 242. 



T With the face, bill, and legs, like the former : the whole plu- 

 mage of a fnowy whitenefs, except the ends of the four firft 

 primaries, which are green. The flefh and fat is of fafi^ron- color. 



Thefe birds arrive in South Carolina, with the fFood Ibis and the Place. 

 Brown Curlew, in great numbers, in September, and frequent the 

 low watery trails : continue there about fix weeks, and then 

 retire fouth to breed. This fpecies goes away with egg. There 

 was afufpicion, that the Brown and the White differed only in fex ; 

 but experiment proved the contrary. The white kind are [^twenty 



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