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TANTALUS. 
Synon.: Tantalides Reichb. 
Bill lengthened, broad and elevated at the base, the basal half nearly straight, 
and the apical portion curved, ivith the cidmen gradually curved, and the sides 
compressed to the tip , which is emarginated; the gonys long and curved; the nostrils 
basal and lateral, with the opening pierced in the substance of the bill, longitudinal 
and exposed. Wings long and pointed^ with the first quill rather shorter than the 
second and third, which are equal and longest. Tail short and even. Tarsi rather 
slender, much longer than the middle toe and covered with hexagonal scales. Toes 
long and rather slender; the inner toe shorter than the outer and both united at 
the base; the hind toe long and slender; the claws shorty broad and obtuse. The 
head and sometimes the neck denuded of feathers. — 5 Specc. 
aethiopicus Latham, Ind. Ornith. II. 706. = Ibis religiosa Savg. 
albicollis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 653. = Ibis melanopis V. 
albus Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 242. = Ibis alba V. 
bengalensis Lichtenstein, Cat. Calc. Mus. 264. = Ibis falcinellus Flem. 
brescieiisis de la Marmora, Journ. Geol. III. 310. Spec. foss. 
Tantalus bresciensis Reichenbach, iiat. Syst. 14. 
cafifrensis Lichtenstein, Cat. Hamburg. = Ibis hagedash V. 
calvus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 649. = Ibis calva V. 
capensis Förster, Descr. anim. 48. = Ibis calva V. 
caudatus Boddaert, Tabl. PI. enl. 976. = Ibis melanopis V. 
cayennensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 622. ~ Ibis cayennensis Less. 
cinereus Raffles, Linn. Transact. 1821. XIII. 327. = Tantalus lacteus Tem. 
coco Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 652. = Ibis alba V. 
cristatus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 650. — Ibis cristata V. 
ephauskyca Barton, Linn. Transact. 1818. XII. 24. Tb. 1. — Florida. 
falcinellus Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 241. = Ibis falcinellus Flem. 
fuscus Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 242. — Ibis rubra V. 
gangeticus Shaw, Nat. Miscell. Tb. 223. — Tantalus leucocephalus Forst. 
griseus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 653. = Ibis melanopis V. 
hagedash Latham, Ind. Ornith. II. 709. = Ibis hagedash V. 
ibis Linne, Syst. Nat. = Büffon, Pl. enlum. 389. [Àfrica. 
Ibis Candida Brisson, Ornith. V. 349. 
Numenius ibis Pallas. 
Tantalus rhodinopterus Wagler, Syst. Av. sp. 3. 
Tantalus longirostris Brehm, Naumannia 1855. 290. 
igneus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 649. = Ibis falcinellus Flem. 
indicus Cuvier, Règne anim. — Tantalus leucocephalus Forst. 
lacteus Temminck, PI. color. 352. [Java. Sumatra. 
Tantalus cinereus Raffles, Linn. Transact. 1821. XIII. 327. 
leucocephalus Förster, Ind.Zool. Tb. 10. — Vieill., Gal. Ois. Tb. 247. [India. 
Tantalus gangelicus Shaw, nat. Miscell. Tb. 223. 
Tantalus indicus Cuvier, Règne anim. I. 
loculator Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 240. — Buffon, PI. enlum. 868. — Wilson, 
amer. Ornith. VIII: 39. Tb. 66. [America. 
Ibis nandapou Vieillot, teste Gray. 
Tantalus plumicollis Spix, Av. Bras. IL 63. Tb. 85. 
Tantalides loculator Reichenbach, nat. Syst. 14. 
Tantalus brevirosiris Peale. 
longimembris Swinhoe, Ibis 1867. 228. — Atnoy. 
longirostris Brehm, Naumannia 1855. = Tantalus ibis Lin. 
manillensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1. 649. = Ibis fuscata V. 
melanocephalus Linne, Syst. Nat. = Ibis melanocephala V. 
melanopis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. L 653. = Ibis melanopis V 
melanops Förster, Descr. anim. 332. — Ibis melanopis V 
mexicanus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 652. = Ibis falcinellus Flem. 
minutus Linne, Syst. Nat. I. 242. = Ibis rubra V. 
