98 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
“There are faveral Ipecies of the Ibis, ‘The 
— Wood Ibis is found in Carolina, and in many 
parts of South-America. They frequent open 
favannahs ; they fit in numbers on the tall cyprefs 
trees, and reft their heavy bills upon their breafts. 
_ Their food is fith and reptiles, 
The Egyptian Ibis is about three feet long ; ; Ue 
~ bill is feven inches in length, yellow, a little bend- 
ing, and ends in a blunt point; the fore part of 
the head all round as far as the eyes is naked and 
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reddifh ; the fkin under the throat is bare, and 
an be fttetchied out. The plumage is of a red~ 
‘dith white; the wing quills and the tail are black. 
This ieee 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 infects, and thofe 
fith which the fea leaves behind when i it goes back | 
| from the fhore. 
The Scarlet Ibis lays its eggs on the oud on 
a a bed of leaves. The young are firft black, then 
brown, and then white, afterwards shey become: 
fearlet. 
Mr. Latham had a fearlet Ibis in England; he 
kept i it mie time os, the poulery, but it grew 
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