STRICT IPENNIS .
White Ibis.
Ibis strictipennis, tlo;ilil in i l'u t "V p IPO
Yam-bull-bull, Aborigines of Fort Essington.
Ulqck-nzcked Ibisi offkirt Esgington..
White Ibis of the Colonists of
The same cause, that induced the Sli aiVjntvkedHbis [Geronticus Sooth Wales in such
abundance during the veer I SHU .n ti.dp tnyllvifMr ihtiKjr^jit.hyr^whi^ ivas not only observed at the
same period,.bat the twpvspecies were fri’i]Upnt.lv mo v iTurnFmorLed difference, however was
.iyitieed, namely, that while the Gerontxcus sp'inicoltis visited equally the lagoons and the plains, the TAresIaomis
strictipennis confined itself solely to the tv i t hollows of flats, the hanks of rivers, lagoons, &c., wading
glrneis-di^ttJnmiui^tlpi ni.hes.and green herbage in -enn.h nl. ^ ^vrlnf^ 1 nr m y upon' which it feeds;
when satiated it mounted upon the bare branches of Ijjt large gum-trees bordering the feeding-place, and
then became -inw.iti.hful that hSaniU nut be approached, within gun-shot uftfym) the u t f T h e
natives, as well as the colonists assured me that it was seldom so abundant as at tte”p,etsfttl of my visit,
[jplSlfln-hYvc'llint many seasons sometimes elapse without ^ ,ap^ring,Jii^$: aj^ I encountered this
budfeilliir in pairs 01 in -mall flnehR^’nffgimffiye to twenty in nunjhef>.feKfei,; Wst&peyg^kllnndredthpart so
plentiful u L the Geronticus spswcott®. Like that bird it must retire
doubtless towards the- imtem^j^ n g l e sldt^Qa-the^ S i ,g.oal6 BShg alhtha.fcKKve>ver seen from any
other part o f t& jM j j t o . ,
The TAresiiormsljtrictipwm’ jm y ®t all times b^d^ M ^ffi^gfrom its near ally T- jfifhiopitia^ iuJ^MtiBg
the banks o f Nj^-SS well as from Ih » ? ! mrlnnormhala: by the lengthened pliim jSwmcB hang down
frQitt th ^ ^ ^ i- ftf tin, nec L and irumyddGlvb sinrifiy y iriblJMd h 1» hisep tg fe i.
‘ Dissection is nef.essarwlA.'.distintpiish the se££S, as t^y,vr.ir^iittfe^i-f-at-all, in site or colouring.
Head and upngf bsAf^'the nuk hun.';ainl-u?ih'-tljui hill ot .^^gSg.slaly black; hack of th f f e id and
neck crossed hy ten narrow distinct bands of ri^t'-pick, lwiyn 'he ctQiJ'li." of the head a series of oval spots,
mrangedFmJthe iwm of a atarJraf the same colaua;' the u®Mo{ G m bM y and wings white, tinged with
-huff; the feathers oat the fare-part of they a,s&k narrow, ; primaries tipped with
dSe^^Wshi'gregoV webs of thj fcfiarics I^ri iju.lyiprtilonged u n d ^ ijn |id f B «1 a deep blue-black
mingled with white ; thighs and knees det u ‘nilndov .ta r shApif fdlhylIghta 'rI^ry dark brown,-/, rk
The Plate represents tayo Kr3|'-ratlier less than two-thirds of the natural size.