io6 I B I S. 



2 ' Tantalus ruber, Lin. Syjf. i. p. 241. N° 5. — &o/. Ann. i. N° 130. 



Le Courly rouge du Brefil, Brif. Orn.v. p. 344. 12. pi. 29. rig. 1. 2, 

 —A/. Oif. viii. p. 35— PA £»/. p. 8 1. (the old bird.)— FA £n/. 80, 

 (one of the fecond year.) 

 Guara, Rati Syn. p. 104. 6. — Permit. Voy. i. p. 183. 



or Indian Curlew, Will. Orn. p. 296. pi. 54. — Sloan. Jam. p. 317° 

 N° 8. — Harr. Coll. Voy. i. p. 728. 

 Red Curlew, Catejb. Car. i. pi. 84. — Bancr. Guian. p. 172. 

 Scarlet Ibis, Aril. Zool. N° 361. 



Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



Description, j ENGTH twenty-one inches. Bill between fix and feven 

 inches long, and of a pale red : eyes black : the bafe of 

 the bill palTes a little way back on the forehead : the fides of 

 the head, quite beyond the eyes, are bare, and of a pale red '. 

 the whole plumage is of a glowing fcarlet, except four of the 

 outer prime quills, which are of a gloffy blue black at the ends : 

 the fhafts of the quills and tail are white: legs pale red. 

 Female. The female differs in the colours being fomewhat lefs lively. 



Place and This beautiful fpecies is met with in moft parts of America 



within the tropics -, alfo pretty common in Eaft Florida, and a few 

 are feen in the fouth of Carolina ; in fome of the Weft India iflands 

 in great plenty, efpecially the Bahamas. It generally frequents 

 the borders of the fea, and fides of the neighbouring rivers, and 

 lives on fmall fry of fifh, and infects, which it picks up when 

 the fea retires from the fhore. Thefe birds frequently perch on 

 the trees in great numbers, but lay their eggs on the ground *> 

 on a bed of leaves ; the eggs are of a greenifh colour : the young, 



• Pernetiy fays that the female lays her eggs on the houfe-tops, and the holes 

 of walls. — Voy. i. p. 183. 



7 when 



