Class II. GLOSSY IBIS. ^ - ^ 



duller, but there seem no characters sufficiently 

 distinct to entitle it to be considered as a sepa- 

 rate species. Dr. Latham, among his recent 

 liberal communications to the editor, says, " I 

 have described the Tantalus Falcinellus and 

 the T. igneus as distinct species, but now sus- 

 pect them to be one and the same bird, differing 

 in age or sex. They are common in Itali/, and 

 are seen in Indian drawings." 



Mr. Pennant, in the Arctic Zoology, informs 

 us, on the authority, of Mr. Oedman, that this : 



species has appeared, of late years, in the isle 

 of Oland, in the Baltic, and begins to form 

 a settlement there and to return annually. 

 Mr. Montagu states, in the Linncean Transac- 

 tions, that the Green Ibis of Latham,* was shot 

 in Devonshire, in September 1 805, and reason- 

 ably doubts whether it was specifically different 

 from the Tantalus igneus, Ed. 



* Ind. orn. 707, 



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