IBIS. 191 



and olive : the beak and legs are dull green ; lore and orbits 

 paler green ; the iris brown. 



The female differs in mature plumage only in size, being 

 smaller than the male, and in being less brilliantly coloured. 



The young birds of one or two years old are smaller in size, 

 and the brown feathering of the head, neck, and under parts 

 not only more dusky, but mottled with white, owing to the 

 tps of the feathers being edged with that colour. 



