ibis. 149 



White Curlew, Cat. Car.], pi. 82. Bartr. Trav. 291. 

 White Ibis, Gen. Syn. v. 111. Arct.Zool.W. No. 363. 



LENGTH from twenty-two to twenty-five inches; breadth forty. 

 Bill six inches and a half long, pale red ; round the eyes and chin 

 bare and red; irides grey ; plumage in general white, but the ends 

 of the four first quills greenish black ; legs red, thirteen inches long ; 

 middle toe three inches. Male and female nearly alike. 



Inhabits the low watery lands in Carolina, in great numbers, 

 about the latter end of summer, and feeds on fish and water insects ; 

 these birds remain for about six weeks, and then depart, returning 

 every autumn ; the fat and flesh said to be as yellow as saffron, but 

 though eaten by some, is not much esteemed. Mr. Abbot informs 

 us, that they come in flocks to the ponds the beginning of April. 

 According to the Arctic Zoology, the White Kind are twenty times 

 more numerous than the Brown ; the flesh of the latter also differs, 

 being of a dark colour : called by some Spanish Curlew. 



A. — Tantalus Coco, Jacq. Fog. 24. Gm. Lin. i. 652. 

 Coco Ibis, Gen. Syn. Sup. 241. 



Size of the other. Bill flesh-colour; bare space on each side of 

 the head the same; general colour of the plumage greyish white; 

 the three outer quills black at the tips ; legs flesh-colour. 



Inhabits the Caribbee Islands, and called there Pescheur, as it 

 feeds on fish, in the wild state ; is now and then kept tame, and will 

 then eat flesh, both raw and boiled ; its note imitates the word Ko, 

 which the bird frequently repeats, hence the name given to it ; the 

 flesh is thought by some to be tolerably well flavoured. 



10— PLUMBEOUS IBIS. 



Le Curucau de couleur de Plomb, Voy. d'Asara, iv. No. 363. 



LENGTH twenty-six inches and a half; extent forty-five. Bill 

 bent as usual, space round the eyes and the chin bare, and extends 



