GLOSSY IBIS. 13 
during the second voyage of Captain Cook : it builds 
its nest in inaccessible places in the rocks.'* 
GLOSSY IBIS. 
(Ibis ignea.) 
Ib. purjmj-eo-castanea, dorso hifimo, tectricibus alarum, crisso, 
remigibiis rectricibusque j'jiMr^zirfjo-vznWiiM*, rostro nigro" 
virescente. 
Purple-chesnut Ibis^ with the lower part of the back, the wing 
covertSj vent, quills and tail-feathers purple-green ; the beak 
blackish green, 
Tantalus falcinellus. Linn. Sijst. Nat. 1.241. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 
1. 648. Lath. Lid. Orn. ii. 707. 
Tantalus igneus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 649. Lath. Lnd. Orn. 
ii. 708. Athinso7is Compend. 138. 
Tantalus viridis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 648. Lath. Lid. Orn. 
ii. 707. Young. 
Ibis sacra. Temm. Man. d'Orn.p. 385. 
Ibis falcinellus. Temm. Man. d'Orn. 2d edit. v. ii. p. 598. 
Le courlis verd. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. viii. 29. 
Courly d'ltalie. Buff. PI. Bnl. 819. male. 
Numenius viridis. Br/ss. Orn. v. 329. 
Numenius castaneus. Briss. Orn. v. 326. Young. 
L'Ibis noir. Savig. Hist. Nat. S^c. de I' Ibis, t. 4. 
Bay Ibis. Lath. Gen. Syn. v. 113. 12. Soiv. Brit. Misc.pl. 18. 
Green Ibis. Lath. Gen. Syn. v. 114. 13. Lin. Trans, ix. 198. 
Young. 
Glossy Ibis. Lath. Gen. Syn. v. 115. 14. Wale. Syn. 11. 132. 
Lew. Brit. Birds, iv. pi. 152. Don. Brit. Birds, v. pi. 118. 
Mont. Orn. Diet, and Supp. 
Brazilian Curlew. Shaw, Nat. Misc. x^v'n. pi. 705. 
The plumage of this species varies so greatly in its 
different stages, according to its age, that it has been 
