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Show 502 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE IBIDINSE. [June 5, Geronticus carunculatus, G. R. Gray, Gen. Birds (1847) vol. iii. p. 567. sp. 11 ; id. Hand-1. B. (1871) pt. iii. p. 40. Bostrychia carunculata, Reich. Nov. Syn. Av. (1851) pl. 83. fig. 1011; Bon. Con. Gen. Av. (1857) vol. iii. p. 152. Harpiprion carunculatus, Von Heugl. Syst. Ubers. Vog. Nordost- Afr. (1855) p. 313. sp. 634. Ibis (Harpiprion) carunculata, Blanf. Zool. Abyss. (1870) p. 437. sp. 276. Hab. Abyssinia. This species is very abundant, according to Blanford (/. ci), throughout the higher portions of the highlands of Abyssinia traversed by him. It was common at Senate, in the swamps and meadows bordering the lake at Ashangi, and especially on the Wadela and Dalanta plateaux. It is met with either solitary or in small flocks, keeps to open meadows or cultivated fields, and feeds on snails, caterpillars, beetles, locusts, &c. Its voice is harsh ; but it seldom utters its cry. This bird is remarkable for the long wattle that hangs down from the lower part of the throat, and is the only member of this group possessing such a peculiar character. It is the type of Reichenbach's genus Bostrychia. Head, crest, and neck dark brown, the feathers edged with greyish white ; back dark brown, with a slight greenish gloss, feathers edged with light brown; back and upper tail-coverts pale green-bronze ; wings and scapulars greenish bronze, darker than the rump, with reddish reflections ; secondaries dark green bronze, edges of outer webs with purple reflections ; great coverts white along the shoulder ; those below brownish black, bordered with white; primaries dark bronze-green ; tail dark bronze-green, the feathers with purple reflections on their edges ; underparts dark olive-brown with green reflections, feathers tipped with greyish white ; under tail-coverts very long, extending two thirds the length of the rectrices, dark green with a purple gloss; bill dull red, a long narrow red wattle hangs from the lower part of the throat, an inch and three quarters in length in its dried state ; legs and feet red. Total length 25 inches ; wing 14, tail 7\, bill along culmen 4\, tarsus 2\. \7. HARPIPRION CAYANENSIS. Courly vert de Cayenne, Buff. Pl. Enlum. no. 820. Cayenne Ibis, Lath. Gen, Syn. vol. iii. p. 107. sp. 3. Tantalus cayanensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. (1788) vol. i. p. 652. sp. 17 ; Lath. Ind. Orn. (1790) vol. ii. p. 704. sp. 3; Less. Trait. Orn. (1831) p. 567. sp. 2. Ibis sylvatica, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. (1817) vol. xvi. p. 16; id. Ency. Meth. torn. iii. p. 1146 (1823). Ibis dentirostris, Wagl. Syst. Av. (1827) sp. 7. Harpiprion cayanensis, Wagl. Isis (1832) p. 1232; Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1843) p. 117; Boie, Consp. Gen. Av. (1857) vol. ii. p. 155 ; Sclat. & Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neot. (1873) p. 127. |