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GLOSSY TBIS. 
membrane, hinder toe on the same plane with 
the others ; wings long, second, third, and 
fourth, nearly equal and longest. 
Types, I. rubra, falcinellus, &c. Europe, Asia, 
Africa. 
THE GLOSSY IBIS. 
Ibis falcinellus. 
PLATE X. 
Tantalus falcinellus, Linn. — Ibis falcinellus, Temrni. — l3ay 
Ibis, Green Ibis, Glossy Ibis, of British authors. 
This richly-coloured bird has now been frequently 
killed in several of the English counties, from the 
south even to Northumberland. In Ireland, by 
Mr. Thompson, it is stated as a rare visitant. On 
the continent it also occurs sparingly, and reaches 
a locality so far north as Iceland.* The bird of 
India was considered identical by Dr. Latham. 
Colonel Sykes includes it among the birds of the 
Dukhun ; and, in a list of birds published in the 
Annals of Natural History, Little Thibet is given to 
it.t Java, Sunda, and other islands in the eastern 
* Wagter. + Letter from G. F. Vigne, Esq. viii. p. 224. 
