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GRALLATOEES. 



Family TANTALID^. fBona^jartcJ 



Genus Ibis. (Cuvier.) 



Generic Characters. — Beak long, curved, deep])^ grooved 

 through its entire length, thick at the base; point depressed, 

 obtuse, rounded; nostrils basal, small, pierced by a membrane, 

 which covers the groove. Face naked, and no feathers between 

 the beak and the ej-es; part of the head and neck sometimes 

 naked; tarsi of medium size; the anterior toes united by a 

 membrane as far as the first joint; hind toe long and resting 

 on the ground; wings medium size; the first primary shorter 

 than the second and third, which are the longest in the wing. 



kS ACHED IJilS. 



Ihis religiosa. 



Ibis religiosa, 

 Tantalus cethiopicus, 

 Numenius ibis, 

 Ibis cetliiopica, 

 Tantalus ibis, 

 Geronticus ibis, 

 Ibis sacre, 

 Jleiliger Ibis, 

 Abowhanncs, 



CcVlJiK; 1829. 



Latham; lud., 1790. 



Pallas, Cuviee; 1804 



Bonaparte; 1850. Savigny, 



ScHLEGEL; Eevue, 1844? 



Waglek. 



Of the Fkejvch. 



Of the Germans. 



Bruce ; Voy. v, p. 172. 



