Ibis. 
IBIS (^Ibis Falcinellus, Temminck.) 
"‘Tantalus igneus, Gme/. Syst. 2. p. 115. 14. — Incl. Orn. 2. p. 708. 16. — Numenius 
castaneus, Ib. 5. p. 329. 5. — Le Courlis veid. Buff. Ois. 8. p. 29. &c 31. — Bay 
Ibis, Arct. Zool. 2. p. 460 Ib. Supp. p. 67. — Lath. Syn. 5. p. 113. 12. & p. 
114. 12. A Br. Miscel. t. 18 Tantalus viridis, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 648. — . 
Numenius viridis, N. C. Petr. 15. p. 462. t. 19. — Green Ibis, Lath. %n. 5. p. 
114. 13 Linn. Trans. 9. p. 198 Glossy Ibis, Lath. Syn. 5. p. 115. 14. — 
Wale. Syn. 2. t. 132 Lewin’s Br. Zool. 4. t. 152. — Don. Br. Birds, 5. t. 1. 8. 
Mont. Orn. Diet. &c Supp. — Brazilian Curlew, Nat. Miscel. 17. t. 705. 
It is not a little surprising- that the Glossy Ibis should have so long 
continued multiplied into three distinct species, as it appears to be by 
no means an uncommon bird in some parts of Europe. The Glossy 
Ibis has long been admitted into the British Fauna, but has been 
esteemed extremely rare : it is, however, together with its varieties, 
the Bay and the Green Ibis, more frequently observed with us than for- 
merly, occasioned perhaps, only by the greater attention that in these 
days is paid to the subject of natural history. 
We consider the variety usually called the Bay Ibis, {Tantalus Ful- 
cmellus,) to be the most perfect state of plumage; the Green Ibis, 
