THE 
CRESTED IBIS. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill long, thick at the base, incurvated. 
Face, and sometimes the whole head, naked. 
Nostrils linear. 
Tongue short. 
Toes connedled by a membrane. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, ^c. 
CRESTED IBIS. Ferruginous Ibis, with black 
and white crested head, and white wings.. 
Lath. syn. 3. p. 118. 
Courlis huppe de Madagascar. 
Buff. ois. 8. p. 33. PI. Fnl. 841. 
The present species of Ibis, which is about the size 
of the common Curlew, is an inhabitant of the island 
of Madagascar, and may justly be considered as one of 
the most elegant birds of its genus. 
