380 AVES. 



is the most known species. It is very large; white; head and 

 neck naked, and invested with a black skin, the lower part of 

 which is red; a few white feathers on the occiput only; beak and 

 feet black. Found along the borders of ponds and marshes in 

 South America, where it preys upon reptiles and fish.(l) 



ScopuS;, Briss.(2) 



The Umbres are only distinguished from the Storks by a compress- 

 ed beak, whose trenchant ridge is inflated near the base, and whose 

 nostrils are continued by a groove, which runs parallel with the 

 ridge to its end, the latter being slightly hooked. Only one species 

 is known, 



Scop, umbretta, Enl. 796; Vieill. Galer. 250 (The Umbre), 

 v/hich is the size of a Crow, and of an umber colour. The 

 occiput of the male is tufted. Found throughout Africa. 



HiANS^ Lacep. Anastomus^ IHig- 



These birds are only separable from the Storks by a character of 

 about equal consequence with that of the Jabiru. Their two man- 

 dibles only come in contact at the base and point, leaving an inter- 

 val between the middle of their edges. Even this seems to be the 

 result of detrition, for the fibres of the horny substance of the beak, 

 which appear to have been worn away, are very visible. 



They are from the East Indies. One is whitish, Jlrdea pon- 

 ticeriano, Gm., Enl. 932; and Vieill. Gal. 251, and the other a 

 brown-grey, Ardelia coromandeliana, Sonner. It., II, 219. The 

 quills of the wings and tail are black in both. Perhaps the 

 last one may be the young of the first. A third, of an irised- 

 l)lack, Bec-ouvert a lames; An. lamelUger, Tem. Col. 236, is re- 

 markable because the stem of each of its feathers terminates in 

 a narrow horny plate, which extends beyond the barbs. The 



Deomas, Paykull, 



Strongly resembles the preceding birds, having the same feet and 

 carriage, but its compressed beak, the under part of which is some- 

 what inflated at base, is perfoi-ated by oval nostrils, and its edges 

 join closely. 



Dromas ardcola, Payk., Stockh. Mem., 1805: pi. 8: Col. 362. 

 The only species known. Its plumage is white; part of the 



(1) Add, Mi/c. sencgalemis, Ltith., Vaill. Gal. 255, from which the Ckonia 

 cpliippirhyncha, Rupp . Av. 3, only differs in being drawn from the recent specimen, 

 and showing two tufts or bobs at tlie base of the beak. 



(2) Scopus, from 2j.&^oj, sentinel. 



