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fpots of the fame : the reft of the plumage white : legs black : 

 between the toes a membrane : hind claw long. 

 Inhabits i»i/^. CMcd Buiiore*^ Place. 



Tantalus Coco, 7acg. Foe. N" 18. p. 24. 21. 



' -^ ^ ^ ^ + COCO IBIS, 



CIZE of the White Ibis. Bill fix inches long, and flefh-colour: Description, 



the bare fpace on each fide of the head the fame : general co- 

 lour of the plumage a greyifh white ; the three outer quills black 

 at the tips : legs flefii-colour. 



Inhabits the Caribbee IJlands, and is called by the natives Tef- Place and Man- 

 cheur, as it feeds on fijh in the wild ftate. It is now and then 

 kept tame, and will then e.a.tflejh, both raw and boiled. Its note 

 imitates the word Ko., which the bird frequently repeats ; hence 

 the name given to it. It is thought to be tolerable eating. I 

 fhould fufpe£t this to be no other than a variety of the White Ibis. 



Mr. Middhton. 



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