. The birds of Australia. Birds. THE STRAW-NECKED IBIS 125 Genus C'arphiiis. Head and throat bare. Hind neck feathered to nape. Long stiff yellow shafts on the foreneck. The Straw-necked Ibis. Carphibis spinicollis. Australia. Above glossy bluish black or steel-green; purplish on the wings, and the whole of the upper parts barred across with black; lower back black;. Z>. Le Souef. Melbinirne Zoo. Straw-necked Ibis, Adult and Young: Carphibis spinicollis. long upper tail-coverts and tail feathers white; crown of head and fore part of throat bare, surrounded by white ruff; centre of fore neck
. The birds of Australia. Birds. THE STRAW-NECKED IBIS 125 Genus C'arphiiis. Head and throat bare. Hind neck feathered to nape. Long stiff yellow shafts on the foreneck. The Straw-necked Ibis. Carphibis spinicollis. Australia. Above glossy bluish black or steel-green; purplish on the wings, and the whole of the upper parts barred across with black; lower back black;. Z>. Le Souef. Melbinirne Zoo. Straw-necked Ibis, Adult and Young: Carphibis spinicollis. long upper tail-coverts and tail feathers white; crown of head and fore part of throat bare, surrounded by white ruff; centre of fore neck white, with long straw-coloured plumes on each side; underparts white. Total length 29 inches, culmen 8, wing , tail , tarsus Nest and egg similar to those of the White Ibis; also nest in companies, sometimes to the number of three hundred thousand on one swamp. Eggs measure about the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakspere; Le Soue?f, W. H. Dudley. Melbourne, London [etc. ] Whitcombe and Tombs Limited
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