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MANILLA IBIS. 
(Ibis Manillensis.) 
Ib. rufo-fusca, rostro Iciterihusque capitis nudis virescentibus, 
pedibus rubris. 
Red-brown Ibis^ with the beak and sides of the head naked and 
green, the legs red. 
Tantalus Manillensis. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1 . 649. Lath. Ind. Orn. 
2. 708. 
Courly brun de Lu^on. Sonner. Voij. 85. pi. 47. Buff. Hist. 
Nat. Ois. 831. 
Manilla Ibis. Lath. Gen. Sijn. 5. 117. 
Described by Sonnerat : about the size of the 
common Curlew : the beak greenish : space round 
the eye greenish : the irides pale red : the prevailing 
colour of the plumage rufous brown : the legs are 
dull red : native of the isle of Lu9onia. 
LESSER IBIS. 
~(" (Ibis miniitus.) 
1b. J(icie r ostro pedibusque xnresceiitibns, corjwre Jernigineo siibtiis 
alio. 
Ibis, with the face, beak, and legs greenish, the body rust-coloured, 
beneath white. 
Tantalus mi nutus. Lin. Si/st. Nat. 1. 241. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1. 
650. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 708. 
Lesser Ibis. Ediv. Birds, ])l. 3^>0. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 11/. 
A SMALL species ; less than the common Whim- 
brel : beak between two and three inches in length ; 
