. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . legs long ; the three anterior toesconnected to the second joint by deeply cut membranes ; the hinder one long, and bearingon the ground. 81 54* G«12 AVES-IBIS. m summer. It is however rarely seen to the northward of Altamaha river;and even along the peninsula of Florida is a rare bird; in Jamaica andseveral other of the West India islands, Mexico, and Guiana, it is more com-mon, but confines itself chiefly to the seashore and the mouths of wades about
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . legs long ; the three anterior toesconnected to the second joint by deeply cut membranes ; the hinder one long, and bearingon the ground. 81 54* G«12 AVES-IBIS. m summer. It is however rarely seen to the northward of Altamaha river;and even along the peninsula of Florida is a rare bird; in Jamaica andseveral other of the West India islands, Mexico, and Guiana, it is more com-mon, but confines itself chiefly to the seashore and the mouths of wades about in quest of shell-fish, marine insects, small crabs, and pursuit of these, it occasionally swims and dives. This bird is of a beautiful pink color, with a mixture of black at the lowerpart of the neck. The most common species, however, is that which bearsthe name of the white spoonbill,1 from its plumage, save that in some rareexceptions it is entirely white. This bird is about the size of a heron, butsomewhat shorter in the neck and legs. The bill is more than half a footlong, and has the shape of a spoon. THE The Egyptian ibis, so famous in history and mythology, is larger than thestork, measuring from thirty to forty inches in length. The bill is seven 1 Platalea nivea, Cuv. 2 Ibis religiosa, Cuv. The genus Ibis has the bill long, slender, arched, broad at vhebase, tip depressed, obtuse, and rounded ; upper mandible deeply furrowed in its wholelength; nostrils near the base at the upper part of the bill, oblong, straight and perforatedin the membrane which covers the furrow ; the face, and frequently a part of the htad andneck, naked; legs naked above the knee; the fore toes united as far as the first joint; tnehind toe long, and reaching the ground. AVES —IBIS. 643 inches long, is slightly curved, and ends in a blunt point. The plumage isa reddish white, most inclining to red on the back and wings. It is found ingreat numbers in Lower Egypt, in places ju
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