IBIS ^THIOPICA. 



(SACRED IBIS.) 



Mgyptian Ibis, Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds, ii. p. 105, pi. 105 (bill only) (1747). 



Tantalus wthiopicus, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 706. no. 12 (1790). 



Numenius ibis (nee Linn.), Cuv. Ann. Mus. hist. nat. Paris, iv. p. 116, pi. 53 (1804). 



Ibis religiosa, Cuv. Eegne Anim. i. p. 483 (1817). 



Ibis egretta, Temm. Man. d'Orn. iv. p. 391, footnote (1840). 



ThresMornis asthiopica (Lath.), Gray, App. to List of Genera of Birds, p. 13 (1842). 



Geronticus cethiopicus (Lath.), Gray, Genera of B. iii. p. 566 (1847). 



Ibis cetliiopica (Lath.), Reichenb. Natiirl. Syst. p. xiv, tab. 142. figs. 635, 636 (1850). 



Thresciornis cethiopica (Lath.), Hartlaub, J. f. O. 1854, p. 295. 



Thresciornis egretta (Temm.), id. ut supra. 



Thereschiornis religiosa (Savigny), Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 299 (1855). 



Thereschiornis minor, id. ut supra (1855). 



Thereshiornis alba, id. ut supra (1855). 



Ibis wthiopica (Lath.), Hartlaub, J. f. O. 1855, p. 361. 



Thresciornis religiosus (Cuv.), Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1859, p. 174. 



Geronticus religiosus (Cuv.), Heine, J. f. O. 1860, p. 201. 



Ibis sacer, Bohm, J. f. O. 1886, p. 432. 



Waddje, Nedje-abrat, Abu-Mindjel, Abu-Qadum, Arabic; Alu-Hannes, Egyptian; Gagano, 

 Amharisch ; Deleca, in Mossamedes ; Schoorstein-veger, Dutch in South Africa. 



Figurw notabiles. 



Edwards, I. c. ; Savigny, Hist. nat. etc. de lTbis, pis. i., ii. ; id. Descr. de l'Egypte, Oiseaux, 

 tab. vii. fig. 1; Bree, B. of Eur. iv. pi. to p. 45; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 382, fig. 2; 

 id. Ibis, 1878, pi. xii. (young bird and egg). 



Ad. alba : capite et collo nudis, fumoso-nigris : remigibus albis, in apicibus nigris viridi resplendentibus : 

 remigibus intimis cum scapularibus in basi canescentibus, a medio ad apicem nigris purpureo nitentibus, 

 pogoniis in apice diffractis, radiis perelongatis, nutantibus, caudam obtegentibus : cute subalari nuda 

 incamatc-r libra : rostro et pedibus nigris : iride fuscS,. 



Juv. rostro valde breviore et robusto, vix curvato, fusco-incarnato : corpore, remigibus et rectricibus albidis, 

 secundariis intimis brevioribus, in parte apicali vix diffractis et griseo-fuscis : capite et collo plumis 

 albidis tectis : pileo, collo postico et capitis lateribus plumis ad basin albidis et versus apicem fumoso- 

 fuscis. 



Adult Male (Transvaal, May). Head and neck bare, dull black in colour; plumage generally pure white, 

 except the tips of the primaries and outer secondaries, which are black, richly glossed with metallic 

 green; inner secondaries elongated, lax, on the basal portion bluish grey, and on the terminal portion 



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