316 



cicoxiiDj;. 



p. 136 (1846) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 561 (1848) ; Reichenh. Grail. 

 tab. xciv. fig. 448 (1848) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mm. As. Soc. p. 277 

 (1849: Calcutta); Licht. Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berol. p. 90 (1854: 

 East India) ; /r6(/, Ibk, 1861, p. 244 (Oudh) ; Bhjth, t. c. p. 268 : 

 Jerd. B. hid. iii. p. 730 (1864); Schomb. Ibis, 1864, p. 267 

 (Siam, Jan.) ; Beamn, Ibis, 1868, p. 396 (Calcutta) ; Hayes 

 Lloyd, 7&/s, 1873, p. 418 (Kathiawar) ; Blyth, B. Burma, p. 158 

 (1875: Arakau); Garrod, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 343 (anatomy): 

 Wardlaiv Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 470 (Buruiah) ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 

 1877, p. 711 (anatomy) ; Kume ^ Damson, Sir. F. vi. p. 468 

 (1878: Tenasserim) ; Binyham, 02). cit. vii. p. 30 (1878: 

 Moulmein) ; Davidson ^ Wenden, t. c. p. 90 (Deccan) ; Butler, 

 t. c. p. 187 (Sind) ; Ball, t. c. p. 229 (Ganges to Godavery) ; 

 Cripps, t. c. p. 306 (Faridpur) ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind etc. p. 68 

 (1879: migrant); Tiraut, Bull. Ayric. Cochinchine, (3) i. p. 153 

 (1879) ; Himne, Str. F. viii. pp. 70, 114 (1879 : Malacca; ; 

 Bim/ham, Str. F. ix. p. 197 (1880 : Thoungyeen VaUey) ; Btdkr, 

 t. c. p. 432 (1881 : Deccan) ; Eeid, Str. F. x. p. 73 (1881 : 

 Lucknow) ; Oates, t. c. p. 242 (1882 : Pegu) ; Davidson, t. c. 

 p. 323 (Khandeish) ; Eelham, Ibis, 1882, p. 190 (Moar R., Malay 

 Peninsula) ; Oates, Handb. B. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 262 (1883) ; 

 Weldon, P. Z. S. 1883, pp. 640, 641, 652, pi. li.x. fig. 3, pi. Ix. 

 fig. 6 (anatomy) ; Beddard, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 551 (anatomy) ; 

 Murray, Verte'br. Zool. Sind, p. 266 (1884) : Sidnh. 4* Barnes, Ibis, 

 1885, p. 135 (Mhow distr.) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 330 (1888 : 

 Manipur) ; Oates's ed. Hume's Nests ^- Eyys Ind. B. iii. p. 260 

 (1890) ; Munn, Ibis, 1894, p. 70 (Calcutta distr.). 



Argala dubia, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 108 (1855). 



Mycteria argala, Sc/il. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ciconiae, p. 13 (1864 : River 

 Ganges). 



Leptoptilus dubius, Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 36, no. 10195 (1871) ; 

 Hume, Str. F. i. p. 252 (1873 : Upper Sind) ; Adam, t. c. p. 398 

 (Sambhur) ; Hume, Nests ^ Egqs Ind. B. p. 605 (1873) ; Ball, 

 Str. F. ii. p. 432 (1874 : Chot'a Nagpur) ; Huim, i. c. p. 483 

 (Tenasserim) ; Salvad. Uco. Born. p. 357 (1874) ; Oates, Str. F. 

 iii. p. 346 (1875). 



Adult. General colour above ashy grey with a green reflection, 

 the feathers being dull glossy green dusted with hoary grey ; 

 lesser and median wing-coverts like the back, the greater series 

 externally hoary grey, as also the innermost secondaries ; bastard- 

 wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish externally, glossed with 

 dull green ; taU-feathers blackish, also glossed with green ; head 

 and neck bare, extending down between the shoulders ; sides of 

 neck and i;nder sui'face of body pure white ; under tail-coverts 

 composed of fine plumes which are silky white, streaked with 

 grejnsh black towards the tips ; under wing-coverts and quill- 

 lining ashy with a slight greenish gloss ; the lower aspect of the 

 shafts of the long primaries curiously marked with brown : " bill 

 pinkish flesh-colour ; skin of head and chin pale reddish brown ; 

 skin of the forehead and at the base of the bill rough and blackish, 

 presenting the appearance of having been scorched ; neck saffron- 

 yellow, turning to pink at the end of the pouch, the whole of which 

 is spotted with black ; loose skin at back of neck brick-red ; iria 



