IBIS. 



in 



Tantalus albua, Lin. Syji. i. p. 242. 6. 



Le Courly b'anc du Brefil, Brif. Orn. v. p. 339. 10. — Buf. Of. viii. p. 41. 



—Pl.Enl. 915. 

 White Curlew, Catejb. Car. i. pi. Zz.—Ara. Zool. N° 363. 



I Z E of the Whimbrel : length twenty-two inches. The bill 

 is fix inches and a half long, and of a pale red : from the bill 

 round the eyes and chin bare, and of the fame colour : irides grey : 

 the reft of the body of a pure white : the ends of the four firft 

 quills are greenifh black : legs red. 



Male and female much alike. 



Thefe birds are met with in the low watery lands in Carolina, 

 in great numbers, about the latter end of fummer, and feed on 

 fifi and water infers : they remain for about fix weeks, and then 

 depart, returning every autumn. The fat and flefli of this bird 

 is faid to be as yellow as faffron : it is eaten by fome, but not 

 greatly efteemed. 



WHITE I. 



Description. 



Place and 



Manners. 



Tantalus Ibis, Lin. Syft. i. p. 241. 4. — 



Ann. i. N° 128. 

 L'Ibis blanc, Brif. Orn. v. p. 349. 14 



Enl. 389. 

 Emfeefy, or Ox bird, Sbanu's Trav. p. 255 



Haffelq. Voy. p. 248. N° 25.— Scop. 

 — Buf. Oif. viii. p. 14. pi. 1. — PL 



10. 

 EGYPTIAN I. 



HpHIS is a large bird, fomewhat exceeding the Stork, and Description. 



meafures from thirty to forty inches in length. The bill is 

 feven inches long ; the colour yellow, growing reddifh towards 

 the tip ; it is (lightly curved, and ends in a blunt point : the fore 

 part of the head, all round as far as the eyes, is naked and red- 

 difh : the ikin under the throat is alfo bare and dilatable : the 



plumage 



