. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. WOOD IBIS. wood stork. Tantalus loculator. Char. Generil color white; tail »nd part of wings black, with metal- lic reflections ; head and upper half of neck bare, the skin hard, rough, and of a dusky color. Length about 40 inches. Nest. In a colony situated amid a dense cypress-swamp, placed on an upper branch of a tall tree; a loosely arranged structure of twigs, lined with moss, —the size increasing by yearly additions. Eggs. 2-3; white, spotted with brown ; the surface rough ; X I 75 This is
. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. WOOD IBIS. wood stork. Tantalus loculator. Char. Generil color white; tail »nd part of wings black, with metal- lic reflections ; head and upper half of neck bare, the skin hard, rough, and of a dusky color. Length about 40 inches. Nest. In a colony situated amid a dense cypress-swamp, placed on an upper branch of a tall tree; a loosely arranged structure of twigs, lined with moss, —the size increasing by yearly additions. Eggs. 2-3; white, spotted with brown ; the surface rough ; X I 75 This is another tribe of singular wading birds, which emi- grate in the summer to a certain distance on either side uf the equator; being found occasionally as far north as Virginia, and as far south, in the other hemisphere, as the savannahs of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Toronto : Musson
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