356 CLASS AVES. 



Ceylon Tantalus. Wliite-headed Ibis. Lath. Tan- 

 talus Leucocephalus. Encyc. Meth. Ornit. pi. Q^^ 

 fig. 1. VieiU. Gal. 247. 



The largest of all, and the one which has the grossest 

 bill. This bill, and the skin of the face, are yellow ; 

 the plumage white, with a black cincture on the 

 breast, and the quills black. There are long rose- 

 coloured feathers on the rump, which the bird loses 

 during the rainy season.* 



Add— 



Tantalus Lacteus. Tem. Col. 352. 



A little smaller than the Tantalis Ibis. Nostrils, ovoid ; 

 part of the top of head, and opthalmic region naked ; 

 plumage, in general, milk white ; wing and tail-quills 

 greenish black. Java. The Tantalus Cinereus, 

 Raffles. Lin. Trans, xiii. appears to be the young. 



Spoonbills, Platalea. Lin. 



Approach the storks in their entire structure ; but 

 the bill, from which they derive their name, is long 

 and flat. It is wide throughout, but growing wider 

 and flatter, especially towards the end, in a rounded 

 disk, like that of a spatula. Two slight furrows 

 originate from its base, and extend to the end, with- 

 out remaining exactly parallel to the edges. The 

 nostrils are oval, and pierced at a short distance from 



• First figured by Forster, Ind. Zool., t 10, called JaunereU, in 

 India. 



