4. cicoNiA. 303 



white; the under tail-coverts fluffy and filamentous: "bill horn- 

 black, paler at tij); rictus, underside of rami and intcr-ramal space 

 lake-red ; feet dull vermilion ; iris cream-white, with black exterior 

 circle ; eyelids and bare skin round the eye vermilion-red " 

 (Ji. Swinhie). Total length 5G iuches, culmeu 9"5, wing 26, 

 tail 9' 7, tarsus 11. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but smaller. 



Hab. Eastern Siberia, Corea, and Japan. 



a. $ ad. sk. Japan, Jan. 15. Tweeddale Coll. 



b. (S ad. sk. Japan, April 4. • Zoological Society. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Japan [H. Fryer). Seebohm Ooll. 

 e. $ ad. sk. Mouth of Aranor River, Seebohm Coll. 



May 8 (C. Borries). 

 /. 2 ad. sk. Covea, (C. W. Campbel/). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Ciconia nigra. 



Black Stork, Albin, Nat. Hist. B. iii. p. 77, pi. xxxii. (1740) ; Lath. 

 Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 1, p. 50 (1785); Yarrell, Brit. B. ii. p. 493 

 (1843). 



La Cigogne brune, Briss. Orn. v. p. 362, pi. 31 (1760) ; H Aubent, 

 PI. Enl. viii. pi. 3L)9. 



Le Heron noir, Briss. Orn. v. p. 439 (1760); Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. 

 vii. p. 368 (1780). 



Ardea nigra, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 235 (1766) ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i. 

 p. 623 11788). 



La Cigogne noire, Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 271 (1780). 



Black Heron, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 94 (1785 : Silesia). 



Ardea atra, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 641 (1788). 



Ardea chiysopelargu^, Lic/it. Cat. Ber. Nat. Bar. Hamb. p. 284 (1793). 



Ciconia nigra, Bechi<t. Natury. iMitschl. iv. p. DO (1801); Pallas, 

 Zooyr. Bo.->so-Asiat. ii. p. 114 (1811) ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 

 vii. p. 112 (1817) ; Te7nm. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 561 (1820) ; Licht. 

 Verz. Doubl. p. 76 (1823) ; Wayl. Syst. Av., Ciconia, sp. 9, p. 139 

 (1827); Werner, At/as, CoMye«/-s, "pi. 21 (1827) ; Flnniny, Brit. 

 Anim. p. 97 (1828) ; Cuv. Ilvyne Anim. p. 513 (1829) ; i?ow.r, 

 Orw. P/-01'. pi. 325 (1830); Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 580 (1831;; 

 Brehm, Voy. Deidschl. p. 576 (lb'31) ; Menetr. Cat. Pais. Cnuc. 

 p. 50 (1832: Lenkoran); Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vertebr. p. 193 

 (1835) ; Naum. Voy. Deutschl. ix. p. 231. taf. 229 (1836) ; Gould, 

 B. Eur. iv. pi. 284 (1837) ; Bp. Comp. List B. Eur. 8f N. Amer. 

 p. 46 (1838); Cresp. Orn. Gard, p. .377 (1840): Keys. &■ Bias. 

 Wirb. Eur. pp. lx.\x, 220 (1840) ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Puss. 

 Merid. iii. p. 264 (1840) ; Sely.s-Lonych. Faun. Uelye, p. 132 (1842) ; 

 Milhle, Orn. Griechenl. p. 117 (1844); Schl. Pev. Crit. ^. xcix 

 (1844) ; Gray, List Grail. Brit. Mm. p. 88 ( 1844 : SomersetsLire) ; 

 Hodys. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Grail tab. 72. no. 620 ; id. in 

 Gra'/s Zool. 3Iise. p. 8ii (1844); Piipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 121 

 (1^45) ; Hewits. Eyys Brit. B. ii. p. 281, nl. Ixxvii. fig. 2 (1846) ; 

 Gray, Cat. Mamm. 8j-c. Nepal pres. Hodys. p. 136 (1846) ; id. Gen, 

 B. in. p. 561 (1848) ; Bhjth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. Beny. p. 277 

 (1849: DehraDhoou); Thomp.s. B. L-el. ii p. 178 (18.50); Hare. 

 P. Z. S. 1851, ]). 146 (Madeira); Macyill. Brit. B. iv. p. 485 

 (1852); Kjcerb. Danm. Fvyle, taf. xxxii. tig. 5 (1852) ; Sehl. Vog. 

 Nederl. pV. 200 (1854); Licht. Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berol. p. 90 



