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Genus LXVI. IBIS. 

 N° 20. Black-headed I. N" 21. Coco I. 



IP. White-headed Ibisj Gi??;, ^'K. V. p. 1 16. N" 15. 



WHITE-HEAD- 

 ED I. CIZE of a Heron, if not bigger. Bill long, very flout at the 

 Description. hdSc, and not greatly curved ; in length one foot or more : 

 the fore part of the head and cheeks bare and yellow, as is the 

 bill itfelf: general colour of the plumage greyifh white: wing 

 coverts black, margined with white : outer edge of the wing, the 

 quills, and tail, black : rump and tail coverts as long as the tail, 

 and of a pink colour, concealing the tail, and hanging over it : 

 legs long, of a pale pink or flefh-colour. 



In one of thefe birds the wing coverts have a mixture of brown, 

 and a bar of brown acrofs the bread, which I am informed is a 

 diftinclion of fex. 

 Place. This inhabits India ; is very common on the Ganges, and called 



JaunghilL The pink feathers of the rurnp are ufed not unfre- 

 quently, like thofe of the OJlrich, as ornaments by the ladies*. 



20. 



BLACK-HEAD- 



EDI. 



Description, 



C I Z E of a C«r/^ai' ; length twenty-one inches. Irides brown : 



bill fix inches long, very flrout, much curved, and black: fpace 



between the bill and eye, and round the laft, bare and black : 



head black : nape and hind part of the neck marked with fmall 



* Lady Impey, 



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