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THE WHITE IBIS. 
was kept for some time in Peale’s Museum in Philadelphia. My drawing 
of the adult male, and that of the immature bird, were made from specimens 
also procured beyond our limits. It is said that the habits of this bird are 
very similar to those of the White Ibis, of which I give you a long account ; 
but, as I have not had opportunities of observing them, I judge it better to 
abstain from offering any remarks on this subject. 
Scarlet Ibis, Tantalus ruber , Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. viii. p. 41 . 
Ibis rubra, Bonap. Syn., p. 311. 
Scarlet Ibis, Nutt. Man., vol. ii. p. 84. 
Scarlet Ibis, Ibis rubra , Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 62 . 
Adult, 29 ; wing, 11{. 
Accidental. Three specimens seen by me in Louisiana. 
Bill, feet, and bare parts of head, pale lake ; plumage bright scarlet, ex- 
cepting the quills, which are white, and the terminal portion of the outer 
four primaries, which are bluish-black. Young in first plumage with the 
bill and feet brownish grey, the bare parts of the head pale flesh-colour ; 
plumage of head, neck, and upper parts, brownish-grey, of lower, white. 
THE AY HITE IBIS. 
Ibis alba, Linn. 
PLATE COCLX.— Adult Male and Young. 
Sandy Island is remarkable as a breeding-place for various species of 
water and land birds. It is about a mile in length, not more than a hundred 
yards broad, and in form resembles a horse-shoe, the inner curve of which 
looks toward Cape Sable in Florida, from which it is six miles distant. At 
low water, it is surrounded to a great distance by mud-flats abounding in 
food for wading and swimming birds, while the plants, the fruits, and the 
insects of the island itself, supply many species that are peculiar to the land. 
Besides the White Ibis, we found breeding there the Brown Pelican, the 
Purple, the Louisiana, the White, and the Green Herons, two species of 
Gallinule, the Cardinal Grosbeak, Crows, and Pigeons. The vegetation con 
