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  [Senate 
  

  

  flood. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  male 
  in 
  full 
  plumage. 
  Its 
  length 
  is 
  twenty-eight 
  

   inches,* 
  and 
  stands 
  18 
  inches 
  high, 
  bill 
  5 
  inches 
  long, 
  which 
  is 
  

   slender 
  and 
  curved. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  carefully 
  preserved, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  

   in 
  the 
  Cabinet 
  of 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Barratt. 
  By 
  the 
  papers, 
  we 
  learn, 
  that 
  

   a 
  similar 
  bird 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Freshpond, 
  near 
  Cambridge, 
  Mass., 
  on. 
  

   the 
  8th 
  inst., 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Harvard 
  Cabinet 
  of 
  

   Natural 
  History. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  highly 
  probable 
  that 
  these 
  birds 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  

   flock, 
  and 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  driven 
  to 
  the 
  South 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  storms^ 
  

   after 
  crossing 
  Behring's 
  straits, 
  having 
  left 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Nile^. 
  

   in 
  March 
  ^ 
  as 
  we^ 
  suppose. 
  

  

  The 
  Ibis 
  falcinella 
  is 
  very 
  rarely 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  U. 
  States. 
  This 
  is- 
  

   the 
  first 
  that 
  has 
  come 
  to 
  our 
  notice 
  on 
  the 
  Connecticut 
  ; 
  and 
  has^ 
  

   not 
  been 
  known 
  in> 
  this 
  country 
  many 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  Prince 
  of 
  Musignano^ 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  bird 
  

   called 
  Tantalas 
  Mexicanus, 
  hy 
  Mr. 
  Ord, 
  (the 
  continuator 
  of 
  Wil- 
  

   son's 
  Ornithology,) 
  was 
  the 
  Ibis 
  falcinella 
  of 
  Europe, 
  a 
  bird 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  in 
  Egypt. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Nuttall, 
  in 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p.- 
  89, 
  of 
  his 
  highly 
  interesting 
  work 
  on 
  

   American 
  Birds, 
  has 
  given 
  a 
  full 
  history 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  of 
  Ibis^ 
  

   with 
  a 
  figure 
  showing 
  the 
  Pyramids 
  in 
  the 
  back 
  ground. 
  To- 
  

   this 
  work 
  we 
  refer 
  the 
  reader 
  (who 
  has 
  access 
  to 
  it.) 
  Mr. 
  N. 
  

   says,^ 
  ''it 
  is 
  a 
  periodical 
  visitor 
  of 
  Egypt, 
  where, 
  in 
  common 
  with 
  

   the 
  sacred 
  Ibis, 
  it 
  was 
  revered 
  and 
  embalmed 
  in 
  the 
  vast 
  Cata- 
  

   combs 
  of 
  Saccara 
  and 
  Memphis. 
  It 
  arrives 
  in 
  that 
  country 
  in 
  

   October, 
  and 
  leaves 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  March. 
  They 
  spread 
  

   themselves 
  into 
  Russia, 
  Siberia, 
  Tartary, 
  Denmark, 
  and 
  occasion- 
  

   ally 
  into 
  Sweden, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  Lapland, 
  remaining 
  in 
  those 
  coun- 
  

   tries 
  till 
  driven 
  to 
  migrate 
  by 
  the 
  inclemency 
  of 
  the 
  approaching 
  

   winter 
  ; 
  at 
  which 
  period 
  they 
  appear 
  to 
  arrive 
  in 
  Africa 
  and 
  Asia. 
  

   It 
  is 
  a 
  still 
  more 
  rare 
  and 
  accidental 
  visitor 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  

   States." 
  

  

  " 
  So 
  highly 
  was 
  it 
  honored, 
  that 
  the 
  Ibis 
  became 
  the 
  charac- 
  

   teristic 
  hieroglyphic 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  : 
  repeated 
  upon 
  all 
  their 
  

  

  • 
  Mr. 
  NuttaU 
  says, 
  length 
  23 
  inches; 
  this 
  I 
  apprehend 
  is 
  a 
  typographical 
  error 
  

   gOT 
  28. 
  Turton 
  in 
  Brit.^Fauna, 
  p. 
  55, 
  says, 
  length 
  2 
  ft. 
  6; 
  extent 
  of 
  wings, 
  3 
  ft. 
  2j 
  

   weig^ht 
  18 
  ounces. 
  

  

  