. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 1 ly'OOD IBIS. 455 at the bend of the wing; the primary coverts are also tipt witli the same; wing-quills, dark slate ; breast, white, tinged with ochre, under which lie a number of blackish feathers; belly and vent, white; sides, pale ochre ; legs, greenish on the shins, hind pai-t and feet, yellow; thighs, feathered to within a quarter of an inch of the knees ; middle claw, pectinated ; toes, tinged with pale green ; feet, large, the span of the foot measuring two inches and three-q
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 1 ly'OOD IBIS. 455 at the bend of the wing; the primary coverts are also tipt witli the same; wing-quills, dark slate ; breast, white, tinged with ochre, under which lie a number of blackish feathers; belly and vent, white; sides, pale ochre ; legs, greenish on the shins, hind pai-t and feet, yellow; thighs, feathered to within a quarter of an inch of the knees ; middle claw, pectinated ; toes, tinged with pale green ; feet, large, the span of the foot measuring two inches and three-quarters. Male and female, nearly alike in colour. The young birds are brown on the crown and back. The stomach was filled with small fish ; and the intestines, which were extremely slender, measured in length about four feet. The least bittern is also found in Jamaica, and several of the West India islands. WOOD IBIS. {Tantalus loculator.) PLATE LXVI.—Fig. 1. Omd. Syst. p. 647.—Le Grand Courly d'Amerique, Briss. v. p. 335, 8.—Couri- caca, Buff. vii. p. 276, PI. enl. 868.—Calesby, i. 81.—^rc^ Zool. No. 360.— Lath. Syn. iii. p. 104.—PeaWs Museum, No. 3832. TANTALUS LOCULATOR.—hmsms.* Tantalus loculator, Bonap. Synop, p. 310.—Wagl. Syst. Av. No. 1. The wood ibis inhabits the lower parts of Louisiana, Caro- lina, and Georgia; is very common in Florida, and extends * This species, I believe peculiar to the New World, is extensively dispersed over it, but migratory towards the north. The bird stated by Latham as identical with this, from New Holland, will most probably turn out the T. lactms or leucocephalus ; at all events, distinct. The genera Tantalus and Ibis run into each other in one of those gradual marches where it is nearly impossible to mark the distinction ; yet, taking the extremes, the difference is very great. Tantalus loculator is the only American species of the former group, principally distinguished by the base of the bill being equal in breadth wi
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