ORDER GRALLiE. 36l 



blue, with irregular patch of white on the upper 

 coverts ; red occipital feathers ; cheeks, blue ; red 

 legs. 



Bald Ibis. Tantalus Calvus. Gm. Enl. 867- 



Bill red ; head and part of neck bare of feathers ; 

 whole crown, red ; plumage, generally black ; wing- 

 coverts, glossed with green, and the tips with copper. 

 Cape of Good Hope, and other parts of Africa. 



The Ibis Calva, Vieill., and the Tantalus Niger of 

 authors. 



Ibis Nudifrons. Spix. 86. 



Forehead and face, naked, reddish; nape, glossy- 

 greenish ; rest of the body with a slight violet tint ; 

 tail short. 



The Curucau Rase. Azara Voy. 365. The Ibis 

 Infuscatay Licht. Cat. 75. Brazil. 



Ibis Oxycercus. Spix. 87- 



Tail, long, conical ; head-band, whitish ; lores and 

 orbits, naked ; secondaries, steel-black ; black, above, 

 rather shining ; beneath, dull. Brazil. 



White-necked Ibis. T. Albicollis. Gm. or Curicaca 

 of Margr. Enl. 976. 



Bill, black ; head and neck, rufous white ; plumage 

 in general, brown, undulated with grey, and glossed 

 with green. Cayenne. 



Cayenne Ibis. T. Cayannensis. Gm. Enl. 820. 



Bill, dusky ; plumage, in general, black, glossed with 

 green in some lights. Cayenne. 



