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GRALLATORES. 



Family TANTALID^. fBo^iajmrte.J 



Genus Ibis. fCuvier.J 



Generic Characters. — Beak long, curved, deeply grooved 

 through its entire length, thick at the base; point depressed, 

 obtuse, rounded; nostrils basal, small, pierced by a membrane, 

 Avhich covers the groove. Face naked, and no feathers between 

 the beak and the eyes; part of the head and neck sometimes 

 naked; tarsi of medium size; the anterior toes united by a 

 membrane as far as the first joint; hind toe long and resting 

 on the ground; wings medium size; the first primary shorter 

 than the second and third, which are the longest in the wing. 



SACKED IBIS. 



Ihis rcligiofni. 



Ibis rdlgiusd. CrviJiK; 1829. 



Tantalus (jethiupicus, Latham; lud., 1790. 



Numenius ibis, Pallas. Cuvier; 1804 



Ibis cetliiopica, Bonaparte; 1850. SavignY. 



Tantalus ibis, Schlegel; Bevue, 1844? 



Geronticus ihis, Wagler. 



Ibis sacre, Of THE FRENCH. 



lleilicjvr Ibis. Of the Germans. 



Abowhanncs, Bruce ; Voy. v, p. 172, 



