TANTALINJi. 
Is  In 
observed  ' parts  of  Asia,  Africa,  and  America  that  the  species  of  this  division  are  found.  They  are 
°^orflow  d^  or  large  flocks,  on  the  hanks  of  rivers,  lakes,  and  swampy  places,  or  on  land  that  has  been  recently 
Sonie  • knee-deep  in  search  of  their  food,  which  consists  of  frogs,  water  lizards,  various  insects,  and  snails, 
observed^^^^^  ^’^oquent  the  plains  and  open  diy  places,  subsisting  chiefly  on  insects  and  worms ; while  others  have  been 
which  tl^  P^^ohed  on  the  decayed  trunks  of  trees  as  they  float  down  the  streams,  watching  the  approach  of  fish,  on 
aft  ^ P^^^ce  with  their  long  bills.  They  usually  perch  on  the  exposed  and  elevated  branches  of  the  neighbouring 
partaken  of  a sufficient  supply  of  food,  when  they  are  extremely  cautious  and  watchful.  Their  flight 
tbe  cP  ^ P®i^'Ponned  in  sweeps,  high  up  in  the  air ; but  when  migrating,  which  they  often  do  in  search  of  food  or  on 
ur  season^  they  usually  arrange  themselves  in  two  diverging  lines  from  a leader.  The  nest  is  placed  either 
on 
^bi'ee  ; ^ decayed  tree,  or  on  the  ground,  and  is  composed  of  leaves  and  sticks.  The  eggs  are  usually  two  to 
® number. 
G. , 
2.  p 
rj,  • calvus 
caT  ('f  ®rotn.)  PI.  col.  304.  — Ibis  papiUata  Wagl. 
'^®Pensis^^  (hodd.)  Pl.  enl.  867.  — Tantalus  niger  Gmel. ; 
G.  Anim.  p.  48.  et  Icon.  ined.  116'. 
James.  New  Phil.  Journ.  No.  37.  p.  213.  — 
*•57.,  ’ !•  lamellicollis  Lafr.  Mag.  de  Zool.  1836. 
4.  G ^ s.  5.  t.  17.,  Gould,  B.  of  Austr.  pl. 
, 5.  Wagl.  Isis,  1829.  p.  76l. 
'''•  116.  t 53*^*^*  (Lath.) — Nuraenius  Ibis  Cuv.  Ann.  du  Mus. 
of  Ti.  ’ ! religiosa  Sav.  Hist,  de  I’E'gypt.  Ois.  t.  7.  f.  1. ; 
6.  G-  Jt.  Gray  (1842). 
iTao/  (Lath.)  Jard.  & Selby,  111.  Orn.  pl.  — Ibis 
str'  •'  Temm.  Pl.  col.  481.;  I.  molucca  Cu'o* 
pj  (Gould),  Proc.  Z.  S.  1837.  p.  106.,  B.  of 
8.  Q 
(Gmel.)  Pl.  enl.  820.  — Ibis  sylvatica  Vicill. ; 
G.  C(Br  ’ '^5'Pe  of  Harpiprion  Wagl.  (1832). 
^^'^'abea  7v,„,  Vieili.  N.  Diet.  d’Hist.  Nat.  xvi.  18.  — Ibis 
Pl.  col.  235.,  Azara,  No.  363. 
10.  G.  Imgedash  (Sparr.)  — Tantalus  cafrensis  Licht. ; Ibis  chal- 
coptera  Vieili.  Gal.  des  Ois.  t.  246. 
11.  G.  carimculatus  (Riipp.)  Faun.  Abyss,  t.  Ip.  — Type  of 
Bostrychia  Reich.  (1845?). 
12.  G.  cristatus  (Bodd.)  Pl.  enl.  841. 
13.  G.  eomatus  (Riipp.)  Syst.  Uebers.  &c.  t.  45. 
14.  G.  caudatus  (Bodd.)  Pl.  enl.  976.  — Tantalus  albicollis 
Gmel. 
15.  G.  melanopis  (Gmel.)  Lath.  Syn.  v.  t.  79.  — Tantalus  me- 
lanops  Forst.  Desc.  Anim.  p.  332.,  Icon.  ined.  117. ; Type  of  The- 
risticus  Wagl.  (1832). 
16.  G.  infuscatus  (Licht.)  — Ibis  nudifrons  Spin,  Ay.  Bras, 
t.  86.;  Type  of  Phiraosus  Wagl.  (1832.). 
1 7-  G.  omycei'ous  (Spix),  Av.  Bras.  ii.  t.  87. — Type  of  Cercibis 
Wagl.  (1832.). 
1 8.  ? G.  rufus  (Scop.)  Sonn.  Voy.  t.  47.  — Tantalus  manillensis 
Gmel. ; Ibis  fuscata  Vieili. 
1847. 
