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"The Scarlet Ibis" is a short story written by James Hurst. [1] It was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in July 1960 [ 2 ] and won the "Atlantic First" award. [ 3 ] The story has become a classic of American literature , and has been frequently republished in high school anthologies and other collections.
The scarlet ibis, sometimes called red ibis (Eudocimus ruber), is a species of ibis in the bird family Threskiornithidae. It inhabits tropical South America and part of the Caribbean . In form, it resembles most of the other twenty-seven extant species of ibis, but its remarkably brilliant scarlet coloration makes it unmistakable.
Range of American white ibis (pale blue), scarlet ibis (orange), both (brown) Eudocimus is a genus of ibises , wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae . They occur in the warmer parts of the New World with representatives from the southern United States south through Central America , the West Indies , and South America .
Brazil formally received on Thursday the return from Denmark of an Indigenous cloak made with 4,000 red feathers of the scarlet ibis bird, a sacred mantle that was taken by Europeans during the ...
James Hurst (1922–2013), author of "The Scarlet Ibis" James Hurst (politician) (1880–1964), Tasmanian politician James Hurst (footballer) (born 1992), English footballer
The coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla held in May last year cost British taxpayers £72 million ($91 million), an amount some have labeled excessive.. The Department for Culture ...
Madison, Wisconsin, police learned of a mass shooting at a private school Monday from a second grader who called 911 for help.
The short story "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst uses the red bird as foreshadowing for a character's death and as the primary symbol. The African sacred ibis is the unit symbol of the Israeli Special Forces unit known as Unit 212 or Maglan (Hebrew מגלן).