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Show 1877.J MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE IBIDINiE. 479 1829. WAGLER, 'Isis.' Several species of this group of birds are mentioned in the ' Isis' of this year, some of which are described as new ; but none are valid. The species named are Ibis guarauna, I. macei (=1 melanocephalus, Lath.), I. papillata ( = I. papillosa, Temm.), I. calva, and I. gonocephala ( = Tantalus = I. calvus, Bodd.). 1832. WAGLER, 'Isis.' Several genera for these birds are proposed, as follows, and a list given of their species :-Ibis, Cuv., ex parte, to contain I. religiosa ( = Tantalus cethiopicus, Lath.), I.macei ( = T. melanocephala, Lath.), and I. molucca, Cuv. ( = T. cethiopicus, Lath.); Tantalides has T. falcinellus (=Falcinellus igneus), and T. guarauna; Theristicus possesses T. melanopis (= Scolopax caudatus, Bodd.) ; Geronticus with G. calvus and I. papillata ( = I. papillosa, Temm.); Harpi-prion has Ibis cayennensis, I. dentirostris ( = T. cayanensis, Gmel.), and I. plumbea (=1. ceerulescens, Vieill.) ; Eudocimus contains Ibis rubra, I. alba, and 1. longirostris, Wagl. ( = T. albus, Linn.) ; Cercibis to have I. oxycerca, Spix ; Phimosus represented by /. in-fuscata, Lich., and I. nudifrons, Spix. ( = J. infuscata, Licht.). 1835. RTJPPELL, ' Fauna Abyssinica.' Bostrychia carunculata described and figured as Ibis carunculata. Species 17. 1835. J A M E S O N , 'Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal.' Carphibis spinicollis described as Ibis spinicollis. Species 18. 1837. Du Bus, 'Bulletin de l'Academie de Bruxelles.' Lampribis olivacea described as Ibis olivacea. Species 19. 1844-1849. G. R. GRAY, ' Genera of Birds.' In this valuable publication, the Ibises are placed in the family Ardeidae, and compose its fifth subfamily. Three genera are consigned to it, viz.:-Tantalus, properly belonging to the Ciconiidae; Ibis, with five species, only three of which are valid according to the present writer's views ; and Geronticus, with eighteen species, fourteen of which are good. The various genera proposed by other authors are merged in Geronticus, which is not admissible, as the species of this group represent many distinct genera worthy of recognition. 1845. RtrppELL, ' Systematische Uebersicht der Vogel Nord-Ost- Afrika's.' Comatibis comata, described as Ibis (Geronticus) comata. Species 20. 1857. B O N A P A R T E , ' Conspectus Generum Avium.' The Ibises here form the subfamilies Ibinse and Eudociminse of the Tantalidse ; and sixteen genera are employed. Ibis contains five species, three of which are good, I. bernieri, of Madagascar, being separated from I. cethiopica: Nipponia, and Carphibis, each with one valid species. In the division Geronticeae we have Bostrychia, |