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GREY IBIS. 
(Ibis gx'isea.) 
Ib, albida, capite posteriore colloque griseis, uropygio remigibus 
rectricibusqiie nigro-virescentibus. 
Whitish Ibis, with the head and hinder part of the neck grey, 
the rump, quills and tail-feathers greenish-black. 
Tantalus griseus. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 653. Lath. Ind. Orn. 
2. 705. 
Numenius Americanus minor. Briss. Orn. 5. 337. 
Matuiti. Will. Orn. 218. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 46. 
Grey Ibis. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 110. 
Native of Brazil : beak reddish-brown : irides 
rufous : naked space round the base of the beak and 
eyes black : the hind part of the head and neck 
grey : the rest of the plumage whitish : except the 
lower part of the back and rump, the quills and the 
tail, which are greenish black : the legs are pale red : 
the claws are black. 
