BROWN IBIS. 
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this species : it inhabits the Caribbee Islands : its 
cry resembles the word Ko repeated ; from thence 
its name : it feeds on fish in the wild state ; but when 
tamed, subsists upon flesh both raw and cooked. It 
principally differs from the former variety in being 
of a greyish-white colour. 
BROWN IBIS. 
~f- (Ibis fusca.) 
Ib. 7-ostro ruhro, corpore nigro albo nehuloso, uropygio nlisque 
subtus albis. 
Ibis with the beak red^ the body clouded with black and white, 
the rump and wings beneath white. 
Tantalus fuscus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1.242. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 
651. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 705. 
Numenius Brasiliensis fuscus. Briss. Orn. 5. 341. 
Courly a front rouge, Biiff". Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 42. 
Brown Curlew. Catesby, Cnv. \ .pl. 83. 
Brown Ibis. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2.362. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 110. 
Two feet in length : beak six inches ; that and 
naked space round the eye pale red : irides grey : the 
head, neck, upper part of the back, wings and tail 
are of an ashy-brown ; the head and neck being 
palest : the lower part of the back, the rump, and 
under parts of the body from the breast white : the 
legs pale red : the claws are brown. Both sexes are 
alike : they inhabit the tropical parts of America, 
especially Cayenne, Guiana, and Carolina, migrating 
from the latter place in the winter. Probably the 
young of the preccdhig. 
