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GREY I.
Le petit Courly d’Amerique, Brif. Orn. v . p. 337. 9,
Le Matuitui des Rivages, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 46.
Matuitui, Witt. Orn. p. 296 *.
Description. j ^ I Z E o f a F o w l . B i l l r e d d i fh b r o w n : i r id e s r u f o u s : r o u n d
th e b i l l a n d e y e s b a r e an d b l a c k : h in d p a r t o f th e h e a d a n d
n e c k g r e y : th e r e f t o f th e p lu m a g e w h i t i fh : b u t th e lo w e r p a r t
o f th e b a c k a n d r u m p , q u i l l s , a n d t a i l , a r e g r e e n i lh b la c k : le g s
o f a p a l e r e d : c l a w s b l a c k .
Place. - In h a b its Braßl.
8,.
BROWN I.
Tantalus fufcus, Lin. Syfi. i. p. 242. 7«
Le Courly brun du Breiil, Brif. Orn. v. p. 341„ u .
■ ä front rouge, B u f Oif. viii. p. 42.
Brown Curlew, Catefi. Car. i. pi. 83__Arä. Zool. N° 362.
Description. Y y E N G T H n e a r tw o f e e t . B i l l f i x in c h e s : c o lo u r p a l e r e d ,
a s is th e b a r e ( k in b e tw e e n t h a t a n d th e e y e : i r id e s g r e y :
t h e h e a d , n e c k a n d b a c k , w in g s , a n d t a i l , a r e c in e r e o u s b r o w n , th e
tw o f i r f t p a l e d : t h e lo w e r p a r t o f th e b a c k , r u m p , a n d u n d e r
p a r t s f r o m th e b r e a f t , w h i t e : l e g s p a l e r e d : c la w s b r o w n : th e
( k in a n d f a t a r e y e l lo w .
Male a n d female a l ik e .
Place and
Manners« I n h a b i t s th e w a rm e r p a r t s o f America, Cayenne, Guiana, & c .
a n d is f r e q u e n t l y m e t w i t h in Carolina in th e fu m m e r , d e p a r t in g
t o th e f o u t h in w in t e r . T h i s a f fo c ia t e s w i t h t h e White Ibis, b u t
is a m u c h f c a r c e r b i r d .
# Sec a Kingsfijber o f this name in vol. i . p . 640. o f this work.
Tantalus albus, Lin. Syji. i. p. 242* 6.
Le Courly blanc du Brefil, Brif. Orn. v. p. 339. 10.— Buf. Oif. viii. p. 41.
— P i. Enl. 915 »
White Curlew» Catejb. C a r.l. pi. ^z.— ArB. Zool. N° 363.
i s f i x in c h e s a n d a h a l f lo n g , a n d o f a p a l e r e d : f r o m t h e b i l l
r o u n d th e e y e s a n d c h in b a r e , a n d o f th e fam e c o l o u r : i r id e s g r e y :
th e r e f t o f th e b o d y o f a p u r e w h i t e : t h e e n d s o f th e f o u r f i r f t
q u i l l s a r e g r e e n i lh b l a c k : l e g s r e d .
Male a n d female m u c h a l ik e .
T h e f e b i r d s a r e m e t w i t h in th e lo w w a t e r y la n d s in Carolina,
in g r e a t n u m b e r s , a b o u t th e l a t t e r e n d o f fu m m e r , a n d f e e d o n
f j h a n d w a t e r infers : th e y r em a in f o r a b o u t f i x w e e k s , a n d th e n
d e p a r t , r e t u r n in g e v e r y a u tum n . T h e f a t a n d f le fh o f th is b i r d ’
i s f a id t o b e as y e l lo w as fa f f r o n : i t is e a t e n b y f o m e , b u t n o t
g r e a t l y e f t e em e d .
Tantalus Ibis, Lin. Syji. i; p. 241, 4.r—H'aJJelq. Voy« p. 248. N° 25,—‘Scop.
Ann. i. N° 128.
L’lbis blanc, Brif. Orn. v. p. 349. 14.— Buf. OiJ\ viii. p. 14. pi. 1.— PI.
Enl. 389.
Emfeefy, or Ox bird, Show's Trav. p. 255.
' J ' H T S i s a la r g e b i r d , f o m e w h a t e x c e e d in g th e Stork, a n d
m e a fu r e s f r o m t h i r t y t o f o r t y in c h e s in l e n g t h . T h e b i l l is
f e v e n in c h e s l o n g ; th e c o lo u r y e l lo w , g r o w in g r e d d i fh t o w a r d s
t h e t i p ; i t is ( l ig h t l y c u r v e d , a n d e n d s in a b lu n t p o i n t : th e fo r e
p a r t o f th e h e a d , a l l r o u n d as f a r a s th e e y e s , is n a k e d a n d r e d -
d U h : the; ( k in u n d e r th e t h r o a t is a l fo b a r e a n d d i l a t a b l e : th e
p lu m a g e
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WHITE I.
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Manners.
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Description.