232 PLATALE^. 



218. IBIS NIPPON. 



(JAPANESE CRESTED IBIS.) 

 Ibis nippon, Temminck, Planches Colorizes, no. 551 (1835). 



The Japanese Crested Ibis is a large species (wing from carpal 

 joint 16 inches) ; it is white when adult (grey on the head, crest, 

 neck, and back when immature), with the fore part and sides of the 

 head naked and scarlet, and the quills suffused with scarlet. 



Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 71. 



The Japanese Crested Ibis breeds in Yezzo, but probably migrates 

 southwards in autumn. In Southern Japan it is a resident (Blaki- 

 ston and Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 223). There is an example in the 

 Swinhoe collection from Hakodadi (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1875, p. 455), 

 and there is one in the Pryer collection from Yokohama. It is not 

 peculiar to Japan, but breeds also at Ningpo, and occurs in winter in 

 the Corean Peninsula, and on the coasts of South China and Hainan. 



It does not seem to be closely related to any of the other Ibises, 

 and it is impossible to guess which is its nearest ally. 



219. IBIS MELANOCEPHALA. 



(WHITE IBIS.) 



Tantalus melanocepfialus, Latham, Index Om. ii. p. 709 (1790). 



The White Ibis is a large species (wing from carpal joint 13 to 15 

 inches). It is white with grey disintegrated tertials in adult breeding 

 plumage. The head and neck are naked and black. 



Figures : Temminck, Planches Coloriees, no. 481 (1829). 



The White Ibis is probably a summer visitor to Southern Japan, 

 but has not been recorded from Yezzo (Blakiston and Pryer, Ibis, 

 1878, p. 223). There is an example in the Swinhoe collection and 

 one in the Pryer collection, both from Yokohama (Seebohm, Ibis, 

 1884, p. 35). 



It is a tropical species resident throughout the Oriental Region 

 (Seebohm, Ibis, 1888, p. 437), and is represented by close allies in 

 the Ethiopian and Australian Regions. 



