BLACK-HEADED IBIS. 
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with its point black and base blue : the naked space 
round the eyes and base of the beak greenish : the 
phmiage of the upper parts of the body and tail is 
dusky brown : the rump and under parts of the body 
white : the feathers on the breast long and loose : 
the legs dark lead colour : the claws are black. In- 
habits Surinam. 
BLACK-HEADED IBIS. 
(Ibis melanocepliala.) 
Ib. alba, rostro capite pedibusque nigris. 
White Ibis, with the beak, head, and legs black. 
Tantalus melanocephalus. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 709. 
Black-headed Ibis. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. 240. 
A NATIVE of India : about twenty-one inches in 
length : beak six inches long, stout and black : naked 
space round the eye, and base of the beak black : the 
head black : the nape and hinder part of the neck 
spotted with black : the rest of the plumage white : 
the legs black. 
