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INOCOTIS. 



Also I. cethiopiea. 25". The Sacred Ibis. With no plumes on foreneok. All quills tipped 

 greenish black. Ornamental plumes with purple gloss. Iris brown. From Africa to Persian 

 Gulf. 



I. bernieri. 21". With no plumes on foreneck. Quills white. Iris white. From Madagascar. 



I. abboti. Similar to /. bernieri, but lower neck naked and minutely papillose. Iris light blue. 



I. molucca. 30". With plumes on foreneck. Primaries broadly tipped blue-black. Orna- 

 mental plumes black. From Australia and New Guinea. 



Also the genus CarpMbis. One species — C. spinicoUis, 29", with long yellow shafts on fore- 

 neck, no papillae on crown, from Australia. 



Genus INOOOTIS. 



Head and throat bare. Hind neck feathered. No nuchal crest or ruff. Crown 

 covered more or less with papiUse or coral-like granulations. 



194. Inocotis papillosus. The King Curlew or Black Ibis. 



Buza, India/ Nella kankanum (Telugu). 



(? 25" to 30"; 31 lbs. Legs brick-red. Bill 6^", leaden. Plumage dark 

 olive-brown. Red warts on back of black head. Wings and tail black, glossed 

 purple and green. Large white patch on wing-coverts. Sexes alike. India, 

 Assam, Aracan, and Borneo. Three or four eggs (243 x 1-7), sea-green, generally- 

 unspotted. (J. 942. B. 1542.) See illustration, p. 187. 



195. Inocotis davlsoni. Davison's Black Ibis. 

 ^ 32" to 32 J" ; 3 J to 4 lbs. Legs coral-red. Bill 7", plumbeous. Head 

 black, with but few papiUse behind. Broad white necklet, tinged blue at the 



" Drawn from memory. Killed at Shnaygheen in 1866. In all respects like the King 



Curlew, except the head. I saw one pair only; both had the white band." 



H. Elton, Mandalay, 23.2.89. 



nape. Burma, Pegu, Tenasserim, Cochin China, and Siam. Two eggs (2-55 x 1-8), 

 pale blue. (B. 1543. S.F. iii. 300.) 



Also the genus Thaumatibis. One species — T. gigantea, from Cochin China. 



Also iinth crest or ruff of elongated feathers on the nape : — 



The genus Nipponia. One species — N. nippon, 29", with long crest and throat feathered 

 to chin, general colour white, from E. Siberia, Japan, and China. 



