G e n u s LX V I . I B I S .
15-
WHITE-HEADED
I.
D e s c r i p t i o n .
P l a c e .
20.
BLACK-HEADED
I.
N° 20. Black-headed I. N° 21. Coco I.
White-headed Ibis, Gen, Syn. v. p. 116. N° 15. .
C j l Z E o f a Heron, if not bigger. Bill long, very flout at the
bafe, and not greatly curved ; in length one foot or more:
the fore part of the head and cheeks bare and yellow, as is the
bill itfe lf: general colour o f the plumage greyifh white: wing
coverts black, margined with white : outer edge o f the wing, the
quills, and tail, black : rump and tail coverts as long as the tail,
and o f a pink colour, concealing, the tail, and hanging over i t :
legs long, of a pale pink or flefh-colour.
In one o f thefe birds the wing coverts have a mixture o f brown,
and a bar o f brown acrofs the bread, which I am informed is a
diftinftion of fex.
This inhabits India ; is very common on-the Ganges, and called
Jaunghill. The pink feathers o f the rump are ufed not unfre-
quently, like thofe o f the OJlricb, as ornaments by the ladies *.
J j I Z E o f a Curlew: length twenty-one inches. Irides brown :
bill fix inches long, very flout, much curved, and black: fpace
between the bill and eye, and round the lafl, bare and bla ck:
head black : nape and hind part o f the neck marked with fmall
Description.
I B I S ,
fpots of the fame : the reft o f the plumage white : legs black :
between the toes a membrane : hind claw long.
Inhabits India. Called Button *.
24t
P l a c e .
Tantalus Coco, Jacq. Vog. N° 18. p, 24. 21.
COCO IBIS.
§ I Z E o f the White Ibis. Bill fix inches long, and flefh-colour: Description.
the bare fpace on each fide o f the head the fame : general colour
o f the plumage a greyifh whitej the three outer quills black
at the tips: legs flefh-colour.
Inhabits the Carihbee IJlands, and is called by the natives Pef- P l a c e a n d M a n -
cheur, as it feeds on fijh in the wild ftate. It is now and then NEES'
kept tame, and will then eat flejh, both raw and boiled. Its note
imitates the word Ko, which the bird frequently repeats j hence
the name given to it. It is thought to be tolerable eating. I
Ihould fufpedt this to be no other than a variety of the White Ibis.
Mr. Middleton,
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