'Jjptfsf» Chaii. Beak large at. its has«,
at the j∫ the vpper !|ti||$ y ? ¡tfcrotaftflflifeUirw
W on H upper part,.» jjj, !«.»*, >’»loug, n»rnWj ,■„.
;* Baked, as is often also ^ ^ ihe dud neck - Xjha
- aheve; the knee«' .»«id. me l>ehind; ■ tfo« j
;, the fbst joint; site hind |||| *^d resting closely ora thi
|| 6rst c^i I r the- sc »vwd stad' this'd w hich
|| sqaare. ■ •' ¡I1,'' |
.'• Whmjsevery ¡ g f g g ,
genus, th<^»ese»it species k the i* know», nrfew?h ¡g l -i
Asia, and takes up its residence itv the «Southern and teaiperate coicntri
Merabi y abundant in all- the swampy and marshy district* of its south-eiis
Turkey, and the Archipelago: i t passesjhence, but hi much less abundao
)<!ore central and wester!» portions; and occurs, thowrh verv ¿.u-(T i
$ lo n g the course o f die Nile and iu the adjacent province* of Ainc,., t!
most congenial situ itiifsi. a?jid w as alnnwittot t lw e at the present day iw
regartlfed as Sacred, and emfanlwied d&unjfey '¡yith ¡W fijtt rad^iostis, or Abo
The I l l i l l i i S i ; ' "* 'P* Ü
Iks plumage, rejotfeaf If! f | | | : i l l © p l f t i ; ,
its- H « p aattifecas 's ■ -f !w A A ; ,.if
'Hie sexes offer but ïiiïlt #&?<?•*«*,i to : .'•*
year, at which period they iiituin «:rA»v.H<w., s.-;-.- t4*i
o f that metallic lustre which sftejnmdis iiwvtw m .¡-a • > ?
The adult birds have the head o f a dark | | | j Ê | • K » -, j |
jwing, and all the under parts o f a rich rwldkh ehesr-v^i ï :v . mwe*
feathers o f a dark iircen, with bronze and .:v;-f>i;.U- reductions * r
becoming more grey towards f. f é t i d e s brown,.
In' the young, the feather*.; «Sikh arc of. •-■» £•*> chestnut in eta
g>1our,.being of a dulMywa, »»d m A ti- M ; Ip tW g | | is „
Wthet parts display bat little of die'
The Plate represents an ¿dnlt cuafe idnHtf: te-urths o f tiitki "