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.