318 cicoNiiDJi:. 



to Malaj' Peninsula) ; Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 397 (Bunna) ; Siuinh. 

 Ibis, 1«70, p. 364 (Hainan) ; id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 411 ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. iii. p. 36, no. 10196 (1871) ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, 

 p. 477 (Ceylon) ; Hiane, Nests 4" Effgs Lid. B. p. 606 (1873) ; 

 Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 358 (1874) ; Legqe, Ibis, 1875, p. 403 

 (Ceylon); Hmne, Str. F. iii. p. 189 (1875: Pegu); Blyth, B. 

 Burma, p. 159 (1875 : 4rakan) ; David et Oustal. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 449 (1877) ; Hume 8( Davidson, Str. F. vi. p. 469 (1878 : 

 Amherst; Bankasoon) ; Bingham, Str. F.V\\.^. 2b {\%7S) ; Oates, 

 t. c. p. 51 (Pegu) ; Davidson 8f Wenden, t. c. p. 90 (Deccan) ; 

 Ball, t. c. p. 230 (Gauges to Godavery) : Tiraut, Bull. Agric. 

 Cochinchine, (3) i. p. 153 (1879) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 70 

 (Malacca),§p. 114 (1879) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 272 (Borneo) ; 

 Butler, Cat. B. S. Bomb. Pres. p. Ill (1880 : seasonal visitant) ; 

 Hume, Str. F. ix. p. 235 (1880) ; Legge, B. Ceylon,^. 1113 (1880) ; 

 Butler, Str. F. ix. p. 432 (1881 : Ueccan) ; Parker, t. c. p. 483 

 (Cevlon, breeding) ; Reid, op. cit. x. p. 73 (1881 : Lucknow) ; 

 Oat^es, t. c. p. 242 (1882: Pegu); Kelham, Ibis, 1882, p. 190 

 (Larut River, Malay Peninsula) ; Oates, Handb. B. Brit. Burm. 

 ii. p. 263 (1883); Nicholson, Ibis, 1883, p. 257 (Lake Eanee, 

 Sumatra, 1700 it.) ; Sicinh. ^ Barnes, Ibis, 1885, p. 135 (Alhow 

 distr.); Biitfih. Notes Leyd. Mus. ix. pp. 92, 96 (1887: Western 

 Sumatra) ; Hmne, Str. F. xi. p. 330 (1888 : Manipur) ; Oates's ed. 

 Humes Nests ^ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 264 (1890) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1890, pp. 148, 285 (Abai, N. Borneo) ; Stgan, Ibis, 1891, pp. 327, 

 493 (Lower Yangtse) ; Vorderm. Notes Leyd. Mus. xiii. p. 130 

 (1891 : Billiton). 



Leptoptilus uudifi'ons, Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 561 (1848). 



Leptoptilus cristatus, Gray, torn. cit. p. 561. 



Argala javanica, Bp. Cansp. Av. ii. p. 108 (1855). 



Mycteria javanica, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ciconife, p. 13 (1864 : 

 Java) ; Snellen, in VetKs Midden-Sumatra, J^ogels,f. 51 (1887). 



Cranopelargus javHnica, Ball, Str. F. ii. p. 432 (1874 : Manbhum) ; 

 Hume, t. c. p. 483 (Tenasserim) ; Heine ^ Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. 

 Hein. p. 312 (1890 : E. India). 



Adult male. Similar to L. duhius, but smaller and with a longer 

 and more slender bill ; distinguished also by the greater amount of 

 green gloss in the plumage and the white margins to the scapulars 

 and inner secondaries ; the under tail-coverts are white, without 

 any black at the ends, the greater wing-coverts are glossed with 

 metallic green like the rest of the wing, so that there is no grey 

 band as in L. dubi^is : " biU dirty yellowish ; bare top of head dirty 

 green ; nude face and neck much tinged with yellow, and at seasons 

 with red; legs dusky black; iris whitish'' (T. C. Jerdon). Total 

 length 45 inches, culmeu 10-3, wing 23, tail 9-3, tarsus 9. 



Adult female. Similar to the male: "bUl pale grey ; legs and 

 feet nearly blue-black; iris bluish grey" (H. 0. Forbes). Total 

 length 45 inches, culmen 10-5, wing 48, tail 10-3, tarsus 9-8. 



Youmf. With the hind part of the head thickly covered with brown 

 hair and a few black feathers ; no sign of white edgings to the scapu- 

 lars and secondaries. I am by no means certain that these white 

 margins to the scapulars and inner secondaries are not signs of the 

 breeding dress, as they are absent in many examples Avhich are 

 apparently adult, and are never present in young birds. 



