332 GLOSSY IBIS. 



ed. I, p. 385. — Tantalus igneus, Gmel. Sysi. i., p. 649, Sp. 9. Lath. Ind. ii., p. 

 708, Sp. 16, very old individual. — Tantalus viridis, Gmel. Syst. i., p. 648, Sp. 8. 

 Lath. Ind. ii., p. 707, Sp. 15. Montagu, in Linn. Trans, ix., p. 198. — Tantalus 

 mexicanusf Ord, in Journ. Ac. Fhilad. i., p. 53 [and perhaps of other authors, in 

 that case the Acalot of Bay and Buffon, and its derivatives.*) — Numenius castor 

 neus, Briss. Orn. v., p. 329, Sp. 5. Id. 8vo. ii., p. 294 (old indiv.) — Numenius 

 viridis, Briss. Orn. v., p. 326, Sp. 4, t. 27, fig. 2. Id. 8vo. ii., p. 293, two years 

 old. — Numenius viridis, S. G. Gmel. Reis. i., p. 167. Id. in Nov. Comm. Petrop. 

 XY., p. 462, t. 19, young. — Numenius igneus, S. G. Gmel. Beise. i., p. 166. Id. 

 in Nov. Comm. Petrop. xv., p. 460, t. 13, old specimen. — Tringa autumnalis, 

 Hasselqdist, Iter Palest, ii., p. 306, Sp. 26, 27, two years old. — Falcinellus, 

 Gessner, Av. p. 220. — Falcata, Gessner, Ic. Av. p. 116, with a bad figure. — ■ 

 Falcinellus, sive Avis falcata, Aldrov. Av. hi., pp. 422 and 423. Jonston, Av. 

 p. 105. Charleton, Excit. p. 110, Sp. 7. Id. Onomatz, p. 103, Sp. 7. — Falci- 

 nellus Gesneri & Aldrovandi, Willoughbt, Orn. p. 218. — Arcuata minor, &c., 

 Marsigli, Danub. v., p. 42, tab. 18, adult, 20, young. — Numenius sub-aquilus, 

 Klein, Av. p. 110, Sp. 8. — Falcinellus, or Sithebill, Ray, Av. p. 103, Sp. 3. Will. 

 Orn. p. 295, tab. 54. Id. Engl. p. 295, tab. 54, fig. 4. — Le Fauconneau ! Falci- 

 nellus, Salbrne, Orn. p. 322. — Courtis vert. Buff. Ois. viii., p. 29 (ed. 1783), 

 VIII., p. 379, Vers. Germ. Otto, xxii., p. 170, fig. — Courtis d'ltalie, Buff. PI. 

 Enl. 819, adult Male. — Courtis britlant, Sonnini, Buff. Ois. xxii., p. 238, old 

 Female. — Ibis vert, Cuv. Bign. Anim. i., p. 485. Id. 2d ed. i., p. 520. Roux, 

 loco citato. Savignt, Egypt. Ois. tab. vii., left hand fig. two years old. — Ibis 

 noir, Savign. Hist. Nat. et Mythol. de I'Ibis, p. 36, tab. 4.— Ibis sacr^, Temm. 

 Man. Orn. first ed. but not of Cuvier. — Ibis falcinelle, of most French authors and 

 of the Dictionaries. — Chiurlo, (Sec, Storia degli Uccelli, ix., p. 439, old Male. — 

 Ibifalcinetlo, Ranzani, Elem. iii., pt. viii., p. 185, Sp. Z.—Mignattajo, Savi, loco 

 citato.— Bay Ibis, Penn. Arct. Zool. ii., p. 460, A. Lath. Syn. m., pt. 1, p. 113, 

 Sp. 13. Id. Suppl. p. 67. Germ, trans, by Bechst. v., p. 67, tab. 81, young. 

 Lath. Gen. Hist, ix., p. 152, Sp. 15. Brit. Miscelt. tab. 18. Montag. Orn. Diet 

 Suppl— Green Ibis, Lath. Syn. in,, pt. 1, p. 114, Sp. 13, young. Linnean 

 Trans, ix., p. 198. Montag. Orn. Diet. Suppl. Lath. Gen. Hist, ix., p. 154, 

 Sp. i8.— Glossy Ibis, Lath. Syn. in., pt. 1, p. 115, Sp. 14, old specimen. Id. 

 Gen. Hist, ix., p. 154, Sp. 17. Brit. Zool. 1812, ii., p. 30. Montag. Orn. Diet. 

 Suppl.— Brazilian Curlew, Nat. Miscell. tab. 705 7— Sichelsnabliger Nimmerzatt, 

 Bechst. Nat. Deutschl. iv., p. 116. Meter & Wolf, Tasch. Deutschl. Vog. u., p. 

 352. Naum. Vog. Naeht. t. 28, adult MaXe.—Braune Ibis, Brehm. Lehrb. Eur. 

 Yog. II., p. 528. 



Though it may appear very extraordinary, it is not less true, that 

 one of the two species of Ibis worshipped by the ancient Egyptians, 

 their Black Ibis, has a claim to be included in our work as being an 



* The following are the indications of that obscure species, the Mexican Ibis :— 

 Tantalus mexicanus, Gmel. Syst. i., p. 652, Sp. 18. Lath. Ind. ii., p. 704, Sp. 4.— 

 Ibis mexicana, of later compilers. Ibis acalot of French compilers and Diction- 

 aries.— Numenius mexicanus varius, Briss. v., p. 335, Sp. 7. Id. 8vo. ii., p. 295. 



Acacolotl, Ray, Syn. p. 104, Sp. 5. Will. p. 218. Id. Engl. p. 2^(,.— Acalot, Buff. 

 OU. viii., p. 4b.— Mexican Ibis, Lath. Syn. ni., pt. 1, p. 108, Sp. 5. Id. Gen. Hist. 

 IX., p. 146, Sp. 5. 



This bird is said to inhabit Mexico : it will not be superfluous to remark, that 

 the proportions assigned^to it are much larger than those of our Ibis falcinellus. 



