162 ibis. 



The bird figured in the Indian Zoology was taken in the Isle 

 of Ceylon, and kept tame for some time at Colombo, it made a 

 snapping noise with the bill like a Stork, and lost its fine rosy 

 feathers in the rainy season. It is very common on the River 

 Ganges, and in some parts of India is called the Smaller Adjutant. 

 The Indian name Tarai pittah ; by some Jaunghill.* The pink 

 feathers of the rump are not unfrequently used as ornaments by the 

 ladies, like those of the Ostrich. 



This species is said to be found also in the southern parts of 

 North America, and in New-Holland. f 



26.— PAVONINE IBIS. 



Tantalus pavonius, Spalowsck. Vog. iii. t. 28. 



BILL black, stout, much bent, round the eyes bare ; head and 

 neck brownish yellow; body white; rump feathers very long, 

 hanging over the tail, and of a dusky colour; legs yellow. 



This is all we learn of the above bird, nor does its author even 

 say the place from whence it came. This may not improbably be 

 a Variety of the White-headed Ibis. 



27 —EGYPTIAN IBIS. 



Tantalus Ibis, Ind. Orn.'u. 700. Lin.'i. 241. Gm. Lin. i. 650. Hasse/q. 248. Id. 



Voy. 198. Scop. i. No. 128. Borowsk. iii. 72. Schmid, Vog. p. 120. t. 104. 



Lin. Trans, xiii. 327. Var. 

 Ibis Candida, Bris. v. 349. Id. 8vo. ii. 299. 

 L'lbis blanc, Bvf. viii. 14. pi. 1. PL enl. 389. Hist, de V Acad. iii. p. 3. 61. t. 13. 



Savignn. Hist, de l'lbis, pi. 1, 2, 3. 

 Emseesy, or Ox Bird, Shaw's Travels, 255. 

 Egyptian Ibis, Gen. Si/n. v. 111. 



THIS bird is said to exceed the Stork somewhat in size, and 

 from thirty to forty inches in length ; the bill seven inches long, 



* These birds in different stages of growth are called in India .White, and Brown 

 Jaunghill. f Pennant, Outlines, iv. 128. 



