150 ibis. 



all round ; irides bright red or orange; eyelids blackish; plumage in 

 general lead-colour; outer wing coverts, quills, and tail dusky; 

 middle of the wing coverts grey; at the hind head, and nape, the 

 feathers are whitish down the middle; legs reddish. 



Inhabits Paraguay, but is very rare ; found also south of the 

 River Plata ; generally in pairs, rarely in flocks. Is not observed 

 to enter the water, but frequents clayey spots, and will feed on the 

 flesh of dead animals. Its cry sharp, uttering the syllable Ta, six 

 or eight times following. Said to differ from the White-necked 

 Species. 



11— GREY IBIS. 



Tantalus griseus, Ind. Orn. ii. 705. Gm. Lin. i. 653. 

 Numenius Americanus minor, Bris. v. 337. Id. Svo. ii. 296. 

 Matuiti, Will. 218. Id. Engl. 296. Bit/, viii. 46. 

 Grey Ibis, Gen. Si/n. v. 110. 



SIZE of a Fowl. Bill reddish brown; irides rufous; round 

 the bill and eyes bare and black ; hind part of the head and neck 

 grey; the rest of the plumage whitish ; but the lower part of the 

 back, rump, quills, and tail, are greenish black; legs pale red, 

 claws black. — Inhabits Brazil. 



12 —CHILI IBIS. 



Tantalus pillus, Ind. Orn. ii. 709. Molin. Chil. 215. Id. Fr. ed. 224. Gm. Lin. i. 652. 



SIZE of a Goose. The neck three feet in length ; bill large, 

 acute, convex, four inches long, naked at the base ; throat naked, 

 and dilatable into a kind of pouch; plumage in general white, 

 variegated with black ; quills and tail black, the latter short, and 

 even at the end ; legs and thighs together two feet eight inches long, 

 and brown. 



