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IBIS. 



GREY I. 



Description. 



Place. 



Le petit Courly d'Amerique, Brif. Orn. v. p. 337. 9, 

 Le Matuitui des Rivages, Buf. Oif viii. p. 46. 

 Matuitui, Will. Orn. p. 196 *. 



ClZEof a Fowl. Bill reddifh brown: irides rufous: round 

 the bill and eyes bare and black: hind part of the head and 

 neck grey : the reft of the plumage whitifh : but the lower part 

 of the back and rump, quills, and tail, are greenifh black : legs 

 of a pale red : claws black. 

 Inhabits Brafil. 



BROWN I. 



Description. 



Place and 

 Manners. 



Tantalus fufcus, Lin. Syft. i. p. 242. 7. 



Le Courly brun du Brefil, Brif. Orn. v. p. 341. 11. 



— — — — — — a. front rouge, Buf. Oif viii. p. 42. 



Brown Curlew, Caiefb. Car. i. pi. 83 — Arfi. Zool. N° 362. 



T ENGTH near two feet. Bill fix inches : colour pale red, 

 as is the bare fkin between that and the eye; irides grey : 

 the head, neck and back, wings, and tail, are cinereous brown, the 

 two firft paleft : the lower part of the back, rump, and under 

 parts from the bread, white : legs pale red : claws brown : the 

 fkin and fat are yellow. 



Male and female alike. 



Inhabits the warmer parts of America, Cayenne, Guiana, Sec. 

 and is frequently met with in Carolina in the fummer, departing 

 to the fouth in winter. This aflbciates with the White Ibis, but 

 is a much fcarcer bird. 



* See a Kingsfifhir of this name in vol. i. p. 640. of this work. 



Tantalus 



