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TAB. XVII. 
TANTALU S Falcinellus ? 
Bay Ibis. 
Class 2. Aves. Order 7- Grallae. 
Gen. Char. Beak long, subulate, roundish, sub- 
arcuate. Face naked. Tongue small. Jugular 
pouch naked. Feet four-toed, palmated at their 
bases. 
Spec. Char. Face black. Wings and tail dusky- 
green, shining. Body dark-chesnut, mixed with 
green above, beneath paler. 
Syn. Tantalus Falcinellus. Linn. Sysl. Nat. i. 241. 2. 
Grnel. Sysl. i. 648. Scop. Ann. i. no. 131. Kram. 
El. 350 . 2. Borowsk. Nat. iii. 72. 2. Faun. 
Helvet. Lath. Ind. 707. 
Numenius viridis. Bn's. v. 326. 4. Id. 8vo. ii. 293. 
N. subaquilus. Klein. Av. 1 10. 8. 
Falcinellus. Rail Syn. 103. 3. JVillugh. 218. t. 54. 
Id. ( Angl. ) 295. 
Le Courlis verd. Buf. viii. 29. 
d’ltalie. PI. Enl. 819. 
Bay Ibis. Lath Syn. v. 113. 12. Arct. Zool. ii. 
460. A. Id. Suppl. 67. 
Dr. Lamb, who possesses this bird, and has been so good 
as to lend it us to figure, has also favoured us with the fol- 
lowing account. It is the only British specimen known. 
“ Lenoth 2 feet 6 inches. Breadth 3 feet 2 inches. 
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Weight 18 ounces. Bill 5 inches long, incitrvated, of a 
pale horn colour, rather darker and much thicker towards 
the base. Eyes as it were in the base of the bill. Iridesdark. 
Face naked. Head and neck of a pale ferruginous colour, 
tvith fine transverse bars of white below the chin. General 
