148 ibis. 



8.- BROWN IBIS. 



Tantalus fuscus, hid. Orn. ii. 705. Lin.i. 242. Gm. Lin. i. 651. 



Numenius Brasiliensis f'uscus, Bris.v. 341. Id. Svo. ii. 297. Klein, 109. 4. 



Courly a front rouge, Bvf. viii. 43. 



Spanish Curlew, Bartr. Trav. p. 291.* 



Brown Curlew, Cates. Car. i. pi. 83. 



Brown Ibis, Gen. Si/n. v. 110. Arct. Zoo/, ii. No. 302. 



LENGTH near two feet ; extent of wing three feet three inches. 

 Bill six inches long, pale red ; between that and the eye bare, and 

 red; irides grey; head, neck, back, wings, and tail cinereous brown, 

 the two first palest ; lower part of the back, rump, and under parts, 

 from the breast, white ; legs pale red ; claws brown. The male and 

 female nearly alike. 



Inhabits the warmer parts of America, Cayenne, Guiana, &c. 

 frequently met with in Carolina throughout the summer, going to 

 the southward in winter ; it associates with the White, or following 

 Species, but is a much scarcer bird. 



One of these, sent from Mr. Abbot, of Savannah, had the bill 

 dusky, being only red at the base; head and neck dusky white, 

 with numerous streaks of brown, as in our Curlew ; the legs also are 

 brown ; but in other points agreeing with the above description, and 

 may possibly be a bird having less maturity of plumage. Mr. A. 

 observes, that he has seen them sometimes about the ponds in 

 Georgia, in the summer, and that they vary in plumage, some being 

 darker than others, with the legs nearly white. 



9— WHITE IBIS. 



Tantalus albus, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 705. Lin. i. 242. Gm. Lin. i. 651. Klein, 109. 3. 



Amer. Orn. Vol. viii. p. 43. pi. 66. f. 3. 

 Numenius Brasiliensis candidus, Bris. v. 339. Id. Svo. ii. 296. 

 Courly blanc du Bresil, Buf. viii. 41. PI. enl. 915. 



