3 | inches; one third of the upper mandible is black, and two thirds of
the lower red ; feathers of the head and neck black; the swelling of
the neck, as well as the breast, belly, and one-third of the back, is white ;
scapularies white ; the rest, of the bird black; the tarsi have hexagonal,
reticular scales ; feet black, with the exception of some light shades of
red on the metatarsus. Length of beak, 1 foot; of head and neck, 1J
foot; of body, to the end of the tail, 2 fe et; legs, 2 feet 2 inches.
Scopus Umbretta.
1. Ibis.
Tarsi, with hexagonal scales, answering in every respect to Cuvier’s
description of the Ibis Rel (Tantalus iEthiopicus, Lath.): excepting, that
the upper mandible surpasses the lower, the eighth part of an inch.
2. Ibis. .
Top of the beak red ; belly, head, neck, and upper part of the back, ash-
coloured ; scapularies of a dark metallic-green; tectrices of an olive
brow n; remiges and tail with an azure tinge.
3. Ibis.
Head, upper part, and sides of neck, of a very dark brown, speckled
with w h ite; under part of neck w h ite; upper parts of the remiges of
the wings of the same colour as the head. The rest of the bird white.
Numenius, Guv.
Jacana, Briss. Parra, Lin.
The talons remarkably long ; throat, breast, and belly, yellow ; a black
stripe descends from under each eye, they join each other on the throat
and look like a necklace; head, back, wings, and tail, of a light brown,
mottled with a darker colour; each pen feather of the wings has a
yellow ed g e; length 9 inches. The spur on the wing is scarcely perceptible.