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Threskiornis

THRESKIORNIS.

Entire head and neck bare.

Threskiornis mthiopicus ethiopicus (Latham). SACRED 1 EIS.

? Bare head and neck black ; plumage snowy white ; tips of primaries, inner secondaries and scapulars black. Bill black. Legs and feet dark red. Iris brown. Wing a ? 360 400. Tarsus 90- too. Bill 138-170 (H.).

Resident. —Africa south of Sahara, S. Arabia, and Mesopotamia ; of occasional occurrence in Egypt.