154 ibis. 



16— GREEN IBIS. 



Tantalus viridis, Ind. Orn. ii. 707. Gm. Lin. i. 648. 



Numenius viridis, JV. C. Petr. xv. 462. t. 19. Gmel. It. i. 167. 



Green Ibis, Gen. Si/n. v. 114. 13. Lin. Trans, ix. p. 198. Orn. Diet. Sup. 



LENGTH nineteen inches and a half. Bill three inches and a 

 half long, much bent, smooth, and lead-colour brown, beneath flesh- 

 colour; irides pale ; lore rough, and naked ; under the chin the skin 

 is dilatable, forming a small pouch ; above the eye behind a white 

 spot, tending to the hindhead ; on the crown two or three irregular 

 spots of the same ; the head otherwise is blackish, and the feathers 

 margined with a paler colour; chin the same, marked with small 

 whitish spots; neck greyish black; across the upper part three 

 whitish bands, with a fourth beneath, but indistinct ; back and tail 

 green gold ; rump, breast, belly, and thighs, blackish brown ; wing 

 coverts and quills deep shining green, glossed with blue; legs and 

 claws deep black. 



This is found with the former, and has the same habits, except 

 that it does not soar so high, but rather skims along the air, some- 

 what in the manner of a Swallow : it seems to have great affinity to 

 the Bay Ibis : according to M. Temminck it is that bird, under three 

 years of age. 



17.— GLOSSY IBIS. 



Tantalus igneus, Ind. Orn. ii. 708. Gm. Lin. i. 649. 



Numenius igneus, N. C. Petr. xv. 460. t. 18. 



Biasilian Curlew, Nat. Misc. t. 705 ? 



Glossy Ibis, Gen. Syn. v. 115. Br. Zool. 1812. ii. p. 30. Orn. Diet. Sf Supp. 



LENGTH almost two feet. Bill five inches, smooth, roundish, 

 much bent, olive-green; eyelids brown ; irides olive; eyes placed in 

 a white space; under the chin a small, dilatable pouch ; head and 



