OF rere 
F fickly,- end loft all the glofs of its ptunvagh: and 
_ before it died it faded to a dull rofe colour. — | 
White Ibis’s are found in great numbers in the 
_low marfhy lands in Carolina ; they ftay about fix 
weeks. Their flefh and their a are faid to be of 
a a yellow colour. 
» The Cayenne Ibis’s always go in pairs; they 
: perch on the decayed trees which float ame the 
rivers, in order to catch fith. 
A white- headed Ibis, found in thie Ifland of 
Ceylon, in the Eaft-Indies, was kept tame at Co- = 
~ Jumbo, which isin Ceylon. The feathers at the 
bottom of his back were of a beautiful pink co-' 
lour, they were very long, and covered the tail ; 
during the rainy feafon thefe pink feathers loft 
| ond beautiful colour, 
— 
GENUS, 
