292 cicoNiiD^. 



of upper mandible furnished with 

 lamellae ; the genys strongly curved 



upwards towards the end 5. AnASTOMus, p. 306. 



e'. Culmen very long, equal to the tarsus 

 which is also of great length ; genys 

 very strongly upcurved towards the 

 tip. 

 c". Head covered with metallic glossy 

 plumes. 

 a?. Lores and region of eye fea- 

 thered : no " saddle " on the [p. 310, 



bill 6. Xenoehynchus, 



V'. Lores and region of eye bare ; [p. 312.- 



a " saddle " across the bill 7. Ephippioehynchus, 



d" . Head aud neck bare, except for 

 a few downy feathers on the 



occiput 8. Mycteeia, p. 314. 



e. Under tail-coverts composed of beautiful 

 soft downy plumes ; bill enormous ; 

 head and neck bare or with some flutty 

 down ; from the chest a pendent pouch. 9. Leptoptilus, p. 315. 



1. ABDIMIA. „ 



Type. 



Sphenorhynchus (nee Nemcied, 1831), Hempr. S,- Ehr. 



Sxjmb. Plnjs. fol. F (1832) A. abdimii. 



Abdimia, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 106 (1855) A. abdimii.. 



Range. The greater part of Tropical Africa from Nubia south, 

 but not occurring on the West Coast. Also in Southern Arabia. 

 Said to have occurred in Spain. 



1. Abdimia abdimii. 



Ciconia abdimii, Licht. Vers. Doiihl. p. 76 (1823 : Nubia) ; Cretzschm. 

 in Siipp. Atlas, -p. II, tab. 8 (1826); Wac/I. St/st. Av., Ciconia, 

 sp. 10, p. 142 (1827) ;iess. Traite d'Orn. p. 580 (1831); Gray, List 

 Grail. Brit. Mus. p. 88 (1844 ; Abyssinia) ; Bes Murs in Le- 

 fehvre's Voy. Abyss, p. 159 (1845 : Senaar) ; Ri'q)]}. Syst. Uel>er,<s. 

 p. 122 (1845) ; <?)•«?/, Gen. B. iii. p. 561 (1848); Brehm,J.f. 0. 

 1863 p 102 (Sudan); Vierth. Natanannia, 1853, Tp. ^1; Br ehm, 

 J f. of 1854, p. 81, 1855, p. 488, 1856, p. 404 ; Viert/i. Navmarmia, 

 18o6, p. 75 ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 227 ^857 : Senegambia) ; 

 Hencil This, 1859, p. 346 (Dahalak & Tadjura, autumn) ; id. J. f. 

 0. 1862, p. 402 (Kartum), 1863, p. 270 "(Central Africa) ; Schl. 

 Mus. PayS'Bas, Ciconise, p. 5 (1864) ; Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 315 

 (1867) : Chapm. Trav. S. Afr., App. p. 418 (1868 : Lake Ngami) ; 

 Bhmf. Geol. ^ Zool. Abyss, p. 436 (1870 ; Annesley Bay) ; Finsch, 

 Trans. Zool. Soc. vii. p. 298 (1870 : Undel We'ls ; Senafe ; Bejook); 

 id. Sf Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 721 (1870); Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 35, 

 no. 10189 (1871) ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 393 (Spain); Heiiyl. 

 Orn N O.-Afr. ii. p. 1104 (1873: breeding); Atitin. ^ Salvad. 

 Viagg. Boqos, p. 150 (1873 : Keren) ; Heugl. J.f. O. 1874, p. 51 

 (Wadi Haifa); Bocage, J. f. O. 1876, pp. 301, 440 (Cunene R.) ; 

 Beichen. J.f.O. 1877, pp. 169, 276; (7«6. /./. O. 1878,p. 245 



