ibis

n.

There are twenty-four species of thisbird distributed over all the warmer parts of the globe. Thosepresent in Australasia are – – Glossy (Black, or Bay) Ibis – – Ibis falcinellus, Linn.

♣ Straw-necked I. – – Geronticus spinnicollis, Jameson.

♣ White I. – – Threskiornis strictipennis, Gould.

Of these the last two are confined to Australia, the first iscosmopolitan.

1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 155:

«All they had for supper and breakfast were a straw-colouredibis, a duck and a crow.»

Ibid. p. 300:

«Crows were feasting on the remains of a black Ibis.»

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. vi.:

« Geronticus spinicollis, straw-necked ibis (pl. 45).This beautiful ibis has never yet been discovered out ofAustralia, over the whole of which immense country it isprobably distributed.»

« Threskiornis strictipennis, white ibis» (pl. 46).

« Ibis falcinellus, Linn., glossy ibis» (pl. 47).

1892. `The Australasian,' April 9, p. 707, col. 4:

«When the hoarse-voiced jackass mocked us, and the white-winged ibis flew

Past lagoons and through the rushes, far away into the blue.»