MUMMY IBIS RI^LIGIOSA- 



Photo from U. S. National _\luscum 



-FROM nature; 



"The intricate interlacing- of the black and white bands in geometrical designs recalls 

 Plutarch's description. 'The ibis was thought to bear some relation to the moon, from its 

 feathers being so mixed and blended together, the black with the white, as to form a repre- 

 sentation of the moon's gibbosity'" (see page 1043). 



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