BALD IRIS. 
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ill a groove, which runs almost to its tip. The 
beak is, moreover, very thick, and nearly square at 
its base the greater part of the head, and a por- 
tion of the neck, is divested of feathers. The hinder 
toe rests its whole length upon the ground. 
An Ibis is described in the 13th volume of the 
Linnean Transactions, page 927, by Sir S. Raffles, 
which appears to be distinct from any of the species 
enumerated in the following pages ; he calls it Tan- 
talus (Ibis) cmereus, and observes, that it is smaller 
than T. Ibis, of a light grey colour, with the excep- 
tion of the abdomen and rump, which are white ; 
and the wing and tail-feathers, which are black. In- 
habits Sumatra. 
A. Capite 7ion cristato. 
A. Without a crest on the head. 
BALD IBIS. 
(Ibis calva.) 
Ib. capite collogue supremo nudis, corpore nigra viridi splen- 
dente, ^^zYeo rostro pedibusqiie rubris. 
Ihis, with the head and upper part of the neck naked, the body 
black, glossed with green, the pileus, beak, and legs red, 
Tantalus calvus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 645. Lnih. Ind. Oni. 
2. 508. 
Courly a tete nue. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. S. 32. Buff. PI. Enl. 
867. 
Bald Ibis. Lath. Got. Syii. 5. 116. 
The Bald Ibis differs from the rest of this genus, 
in having the naked space on the head more exten- 
