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Definition of Ibises
1. ibis [n] - See also: ibis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ibises
Literary usage of Ibises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania: With Special Reference to the Food by Pennsylvania Ornithologist, Benjamin Harry Warren (1890)
"P. Friant, of Scranton, informs me that a small flock of Wood ibises, about four
or five years ago, were seen in his neighborhood. ..."
2. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"... company with herons and ibises. Their nests are rather frail platforms of
sticks, located in bushes or trees, from four to fifteen feet from the ground. ..."
3. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Keys to the Species and by Frank Michler Chapman (1895)
"ibises are distributed throughout the warmer parts of the globe; they number
about thirty species, of whic-h four occur ..."
4. Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine by Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson (1889)
"The Spoonbills and ibises constitute a homogeneous family of Hero- diones, ...
They fall naturally into two groups—the ibises, distinguished by their ..."
5. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"During the breeding season the ibises assemble in large flocks, but they scatter
more or less afterwards. Their food consists of fish, crabs, frogs, ..."
6. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"... ibises. Bill very long, arcuate, rather stout at the base, obtuse. Nostrils basal,
linear or oblong. Head bare in front, rather large or of moderate ..."
7. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"... NEW ENGLAND GLOSSY ibises OF 1850. HV FC BROWNE. THE history of the first
positively known appearance of the Glossy Ibis in Massachusetts and the second ..."
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