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Notes on the 3Iumm,ied Bodies of the Ibis and other Birds, 

 found in Egypt. By A. Leith Adams, A.M., &c., Sur- 

 geon 22d Eegiment. 



I procured many mummied specimens of the Ibis reli- 

 giosa (Cuvier), from Thebes and Lower Egypt, and found 

 the following discrepancies in the measurements. It must 

 be understood that the specimens were procured from dif- 

 ferent localities, and not two from the same tomb. 



From the occipital protuberance to the tip of the bill the 

 following were the dimensions in seven — viz., (1.) 8t^o in. ; 

 (2.) 8r\ in. ; (3.) 9 in. ; (4.) 7t\ in. ; (5.) 7j% in. ; (6.) 9r% 

 in. ; (7.) in. The bills of these measured from the 

 gape to tip— (1.) 6Ain-; (2.) 7 in.; (3.) 8r'o in.; (4.) 

 5Ain. ; (5.) 5j\ in.; (6.) 7,% in.; (7.) 5A in. Thus 

 the total length of the skull varied from 7j\ inches to 9 

 inches, and the bills from 5/^ to Sj\ inches. 



The length of the humeri in the above varied from 4t\ 

 to 5t\ inches. 



The ulnce could only be measured in four of the number, 

 and ranged from Di% to 6j\ inches. 



The tibice in five of these specimens varied from 5 to to 

 7 inches. 



The tarsi in the seven varied from 4tV to 5ro inches. 

 The middle toe in six of the specimens varied from 2t\ 

 to Sy-o inches. 



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