(J. XENOEHYNCniS. 311 



Di(/fjles, Orn. Austr. pi. v. (1865); Blyth, 76^,180.'), p. 35; 



Rainmy, t. c. p. 87 (Port Uenisoii) ; Blyth, IbU,. 18G7, p. 172; 



Beavan, IbLi, 1808, p. 397 (Thatone Greek) ; Home, Ibis, 1870, 



p. 295, 1871, pp. 110-11:2 (Ktawah, nesting) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 



lii. p. 35, no. 10192 (1871); Ilaijes Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 418; 



Ball, Sir. F. ii. p. 433 (1874 : Chota Nag-pur) ; Hume, t. c. p. 483; 



D'Alb. Ibis, 1877, p. 372 (Fly Kiver, New Guinea) ; Ramsay, 



Proc. Linn. Soc. iV..S'. W. ii. p. 198 (1877); Reichen. J.f. O. 1877, 



p. 167 ; Simson, litis, 1882, p. 93 (Dacca;. 

 New Holland Jabiru, Lath. Gen. Syn. SiqtpL ii. p. 294, pi. cxxxviii. 



(1802). 

 Ciconia australis, Temin. PI. Col. v. Livr. 51 (1824); Gray, Gen. B. 



iii. p. 561 (1848) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ciconiije, p. 6 (1864). 

 Ciconia leucoptera, Wayl. Syst. A v., Ciconia, sp. 6, p. 138 (1827). 

 Ciconia xenorhynchus, Wayl. I. c. 

 Ciconia (Mycteria) australis. Gray S)- Hnrdw. III. Ind. Zool. i. 



pi. 64 (1832). 

 Ciconia a.siatica. Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 561 (1848). 

 Xenorhynchus australis, Bj). Consp. Av. ii. p. 106 (1855) ; Gould, 



Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 293 (1865) ; Blyth Sf Wald. B. Barm. 



p. 158 (1875) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. JSf.S. W. i. p. 191 (1876) ; 



Casteln. ^- Ramsay, t. c. p. 386 (Gulf of Carpentaria) ; Leyye, B. 



Ceylon, p. 1117 (1880); Ramsaii, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. iv. (2) 



ii.'p. 172 (1887: N.W. Australia); North, t. c. p. 987; id. Cat. 



Nests Sr Eqqs Austr. B. p. 315 (1889); Co. r Sf Hamilton, Proc. 



Linn. Soc. iV. S. W. (2) iv. p. 420 (1889 : Jludgee distr.). 

 Xenorhynchus indica, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 107 (1855). 

 Mycteria indica. Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 35, no. 10191 (1871) ; Hume, 



Nests ^ Eyys Ind. B. p. 607 (1873) ; id. Str. F. i. p. 252 (1873) ; 



Adam, t. c. p. 398 (Sambhur) ; Reichen. J.f. O. 1877, p. 167. 

 Xenorhynchus asiaticus, Hume Sf Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 469 (1878 : 



Pahpoon) ; Oates, op. cit. vii. p. 51 (1878: Pegu, Dec, breeding) ; 



Hume, t. c. p. 67 (Rajpootana) ; Davidson ^- Wenden, t. c. p. 90 



(Deccan) ; Ball, t. c. p. 230 (Ganges to Godaveiy); Butler, Cat. 



B. Sind etc. p. 68 (1879) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 114 (1879) ; 



Doig, t. c. p. 371 (Eastern Narra, breeding) ; White, Proc. R. Soc, 



Queensl. iii. pp. 136-139 (1880) ; Butler, Str. F. ix. p. 432 (1880 : 



Deccan) ; Parker, t. c. p. 484 (Ceylon) ; Reid, op. cit. x. p. 74 



(1881 : Lucknow) ; Oates, t. c. p. 242 (Pegu) ; Salvad. Om. 



Papuasia etc. iii. p. 377 (1882) ; Oates, Handb. B. Brit. Burm. ii. 



p. 264 (1883); Swinh. '^- Barnes, Ibis, 1885, p. 135 (Mhow) ; 



Hume, Str. F. xi. p. 330 (1888: Manipur); Ramsay, Tab. List 



Austr. B. p. 20 (1888 : Australia generally, e.xcept the southern 



portion) ; Oates's ed. Humes Nests Sf Eygs Ind. B. iii. p. 265 



(1890) ; Salvad. Agg. Orn. Papuasia etc. iii. p. 209 (1891). 



Adult male. General colour above white from the hiud-neck to 

 the upper tail-coverts, including the latter ; the whole of the lesser 

 wing-coverts white, forming a large wing-patch ; the median and 

 greater coverts as well as the innermost secondaries, scapulars, 

 and tail-feathers black, glossed with metallic green, steel-blue, and 

 purple ; the bastard-wing like the greater coverts, but the edge 

 of the wing, primary-coverts, and quills white, as also the base 

 of the tail ; head and neck metallic bluish green, rather more 

 purple on the neck, and with a large patch of purplish bronze on 



