Numenius igneus, S. G. G mei,. Reise. I, ;p. 1®6. .i$h in Nov. Comm. Petrap. XV, J).
490, t. 13, old specimen.
Tringa autumnalis, Hassei^uhst, Her Palest. II, p. 306, sp. 36, 27, two years old.
- Faldnellus, G essner, Jhs.' p.
Falcata, G essner, le. Jlv. p .,il6 ,'wiilÿ'a bad fîgûFe.
Faldnellus, owe Jims falcata. A i.drov. Mr. Illy pr 422 and 423. Jo-nston, Av. p. 10®
Chaieleton, Èxeit. p. 11% gp.jk'l Id; Onomatz, p.-I03, sp, 7.
Faldnellus Gesneri fy Mdrovandi. W il lo ügiin y, Om. p. &18. ~
Arcuata minor, fyc. Mau8ippi,Danub.\, p. 42, tab. IS, adult, 20, young.
Numenius sub-aypikszKi.mti, A . p,14Q»i.sp..$, ■ j l
FvMnelhts,gr Sjihfifflt, J U ij 'An. 1 . .103, s p * . w S lT Om. p. 2 f5 jlafe.*64. 1É:.
Engl. p.'285, fib. 54, fig. 4.
Le FamppneauJ, Faleinellus, Sale r ne . Om. p. 322,
Cggelfaperl, lîwïffe, Ow. VIII, p. -® ^ 9 , Vm. Germ. Otto,
X X U ,p !l7 0 ,, fig.
.Courlis d’Italie, B jïejf. pi. enL 81j|, adult Mille.
CfÈrtis brillant, SfoîmiNi, Stiff. Ois. XXII, p. 238, old Female.
Ibis vert, Cot.1 Règn. Anim. I, p. 485. Id. 2d ed. I, p. 520. Roux, mco citato.
Sàyïgns, Egypt* Ois. fib. Vll, left hand Jig. twb years old. .
Ibis noir. Savion. Hist. Nat. et Mythol. de Tlbis^fo 36, tab. 4.
Ibis sacré, Temm. Man. Ofn.JWst ed. but not o f Vuvier.
Ibis falcinelle, of most French authors and of. the Dictionaries.
Chiurlo, fyc. Storia degli UecÆ, IXj.jp.4fl9, old Male..
Ibi falcinello, R anzani, Elem. HI, p t YIII, p.185; s p * î ]
Mignattajo, Savi, loco citato. ..
Bay Ibis, Penn. Bret, Zool.ll, p., 460,*&^LA'ta. Syra. Ill, pt. 1, pt 113, $p. 13. Ip.
Suppl. p,;6|. r B&m-, trom. by BECHST^yrp- tab. 81, young* |L ath. Gm. Hist.
. ÎX, p.-15% sp. 15. Brit. ÆRseeB. m H ^ P jÉ onïa«. Dm. Witst. Suppl.
Green IJns^ LaIth. Syn. inj p t .1,,p .J 1 4 , sp, X$, yf§frig. Linnean Trans. IX,j}.*198.
MoNTAs. Gm. Diet. Suppl. Lath.' Gen. Hist. IXpp.'I54,sp, lgM P
Ghssy Ibis,, I àtu* SynJ- JÊ^'pt. l , p M5, sp. 14, old specimen. Id. Gen. Æst. IX,
p. 154, sp. 17. B rit. Zabi. 1812, Il, p. SO- Montag. OrrÿçfBiet. Suppl.
Brazilian Curlew, NatjMiscelt. tab, ,7051 ..
Sichelsnabliger Nàmnéïzatt, BÉmaT. N at. Detdsehl. IV, p. 116. Meter & Wolf,
| | Tasch. Deutsehl. Vog. II, p. 352. Naiw. Vog. Nacht. t. 28, adult Male.
Braune Ibis, Brehm. Lehrb. Eur. Vog. H, P- &ÏÏ8.
Philadelphia Musemn.
jt may Appear "very, extraordinary, it iis not lea» true,
that one of »6tee.itwb .specie» of Ibis Worshipped, by the ancient
Egyptians, .their. Blaqk Ibis, has a .claim! to h.% ineluded in our
w.0®k, as being a^^casaîonal visitant of the eastern shores of
these states. Thift fabti;$whd.eh .we- wsofild be among the* first to
disbelieve- were -we to reads $>f ‘jj,, 'incite eloquent -pjâ^gs- of Buffon,
ig^authenticated hy.jthe -specimen’ here, .figuredi which moreover
is not .à of the kind. . L Thus, instead of being
limited to a peculiar district of Egypt, as stated by Pliny, Solintts,-
and others, and#eiterated by the host of compilers, this celebrated
bird is duly limited in its irregulm wanderings b y |j|e boundaries
of. the globe .itsêM, 4
» Tfie crédit of litving. added this beautiful. species to the, Fauna
of the United States is due to Mr. Ord, .the well known friend and
biographer of Wilsqmwho ^v eral years! agoi-g^y© a É4history
and minute •descripoonro%J|it[i n J o u r n a l ©f t-he AcJdemy of
Philadelphiaj*under the name of Tantalus mèxicanùs t Uik pxcél-
W memoir would have beep?,sufficient teg establish its identity
with the species foUnd s®, ^stensi-vgly ill; the ®fd world, even if the
specimen itself, ear^^lmpi^pjrved in the Philadelphia Museum,
did not place this beyond the possibility of 4®aht.
Among the natural productio^^yhichttheir-priests had through
policy taught the superstitious Egyptians to .fyofship, the Ibis^-is
one of thermost celebrated for the adoration it received» though
for What reason i t is .net easy -to* understand. The dread -of
noxious animal^^formidable on aeequnt of their strength . or
numbers, may incniee feelings of respect and veneration,' or they
may bé! felt still more naturally for others that render us services
by destroying those that are^ m|prteus,;.of ridding man of anything
that interferes with his enjoymentSj or by ministering to h-is wants.
We can (mncêive how a settee of gratitude should cause these to
be held sacred, in order to insure their multiplication, and that
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