524 
HERODIONES. 
a ( Arthur Strickland) 1850. — b. 
A widely ranging Asiatic species. 
2553. Tantalus ibis. 
Tantalus ibis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 241: Reich. J. f. Orn. 
1877, p. 162. 
a ( Arthur Strickland) 1850. 
A widely ranging African species. 
FAMILY. — PLATALEIDiE. 
SUBFAMILY. — IBIDINiE. 
Ibis. 
Ibis, Lacepede, Mdm. de l’lnst. Sc. Math, et Phys. iii. p. 518 
(1801) : Savigny, Descr. de l’Egypte, xxiii. p. 392 (1828). 
2554. Ibis sethiopica. 
Tantalus cethiopicus , Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 706. 
Ibis cethiopica, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 221: Elliot, P. Z. S. 
1877, p. 485 ( partim ). 
a (. Arthur Strickland) 1850. 
An African species. 
2555. Ibis melanocephalus. 
Tantalus melanocephalus , Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 709. 
Threskiornis melanocephalus, Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 768. 
Ibis melanocephalus, Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 39 ; 
Elliot, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 488. 
a India (“ Threskiornis melanocephala” E. Blyth) 1845. • — b 
India (“ Threskiornis melanocephala,” E . Blyth) 1846. 
Carphibis. 
Carphibis, Reichenbach, Syst. Av. p. xiv. (1852-3). 
2556. Carphibis spinicollis. 
Ibis spinicollis, Jameson, Mem. Wern. N. H. Soc. vii. p. 485; 
Edinb. New Phil. Journ. xix. p. 213. 
Geronticus spinicollis, Gould, B. Austr. vi. pi. 45. 
Carphibis spinicollis, Elliot, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 491. 
a New South Wales (M c Donald) 1838. 
