"the head all round as far as the eyes is naked and 
38 THE NATURAL HISTORY 















. There are feveral fpecies of the Ibis: The 
Wood Ibis is found in Carolina, and in ma 
parts of South America. They frequent open. 
favannahs ; they fit in numbers on the tall cypref 
trees, and reft their heavy bills upon their breatts, 
Their food is fith and reptiles. 
The Egyptian Ibis is about three feet long ; t 
bill is feven inches in length, yellow, a little bend. 
ing, and ends in a blunt point; the fore part of 
reddifh ; the {kin under the throat is bare, and 
can be ftretched out. The plumage is of a reds 
difh white; the wing quills and the tail are black, 
This fpecies of Ibis is found only in Egypt, and 
in fuch numbers as to cover the palm trees. 
~The Scarlet Ibis is found in moft parts of A- 
merica. It frequents the borders of the fea and 
the fides of rivers ; it lives upon infeéts, and tho 
fith which the fea leaves behind when it goes back 
from the fhore. 
- The Scarlet Ibis lays its eggs on the ground on 
a bed of leaves. ‘The young are firft black, then 
brown, and,then white, afterwards they become 
fcarlet. 
Mr. Latham had a fearlet Ibis in England ; he 
kept it fome time among the poultry, but it grew 
fickly, 
