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CICONIID^. 



p. 711 (anatomy) ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, p. 296 ; Max Schmidt, 

 P. Z. S. 1880, p. 316 (duration of life) ; Bocac/e, Orn. Angola, 

 p. 453 (1881 : Loanda) ; Biihm, J. f. O. 1882, p". 190 (Kakoma) ; 

 Jlolub S,- Pet. Beitr. Orn. SUclafr. p. 287 (1882) ; Shelletj, Ibis, 

 1882, p. 365 (Umvuli River) ; Johnston, River Conf/o, i. p. 370 

 (1884) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. fjes. Orn. i. p. 384 (1884 : Massai-land) ; 

 Sharpe, ed. Lai/ard's B. S. Afr. p. 734 (1884) ; Salvad. Ann. Mm. 

 Genov. (2) i. p. 275 (1884: Slioa) ; Fischer, J.f. O. 1885, p. 117 

 (Ngua, Tana R. ; Sigerari ; Laiuu ; Wapokomoland) ; Hartert, 

 J.f. O. 1886, p. 607 (River Niger) ; W. Ayres, Ibis, 1887, p. 63 

 (Transvaal) ; Eeichen. J. f. O. 1887, p. 49 (Serian ; Schasche 

 Karatscliongo) ; Matschie, t. c. p. 146 (Lufra ; Upamba l^ake) ; 

 Salvad. Ann, Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 315 (1888 : Kagima) ; Heine 

 ^ Pcichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 312 (1890 : Chartoum) ; Rendall, 

 Ibis, 1892, p. 227 (Gambia) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 477 (Nyasaland). 



Ciconia vetula, Sundev. Phys. SiiUsk. Tidskr. 1838, p. 195 (Africa). 



Leptoptilus argala {nee Lath.), Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 122 (1845 : 

 Nubia & Abyssinia); Vierth. Naumannia, ii. pp. 32, 56(1852: 

 Chartoum) ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 61 (1856) ; Reichen. J.f. 0. 

 1892, p. 11 (Victoria Nyanza) ; id. Vog. deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 58, 

 fig. 30 (1894: Kakoma; Ugogo; Ugalla ; Massailand) ; Shelley, 

 B. Africa, i. p. 159 (1896). 



Leptoptilus ruppellii, Jlerfh. Naumannia, 1852, pt. 2, p. 66 (Char- 

 toum) ; Reichen. J. f. 0. 1877, p. 165 ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. 

 p. 159 (1896). 



Argala crunienifera, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 107 (1855) ; Antin. Cat. 

 descr. Ucc. p. 1C2 (1864). 



Mycteria crumenifera, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ciconiee, p. 12 (1864). 



Adult. Similar to L. javanicus and having white under tail- 

 coverts like that species, the plumes, however, being slightly more 

 woolly ; the bill is larger than that of L. javanicus, and the species 

 can be distinguished by the white edges to all the greater coverts 

 as well as the secondaries : " bill dirty green ; legs black, but 

 covered with fine ashy powder ; a patch of yellow skin at the back 

 of the neck, where it joins the body " ( W. Ayres). Total length 

 about 40 inches, culmon 10-8, wing 29, tail 11-8, tarsus 11. 



Yomuj birds have a smaller bill and have the hind part of the 

 head, neck, and throat more or less clothed with hair-like down and 

 a few black feathers ; the greater coverts and secondaries are edged 

 with light brown or whity brown, much less pronounced than in 

 the adults. 



Eab. Africa. 



a. Juv. sk. 



b. Ad. St. 

 e. Juv. sk. 

 d. Ad. sk. 



e,f Ad. et 



imm. sk. 



g. Skeleton. 



Africa. 



Africa. 



River Niger. 



Palombi River, Nyasa-land, 



Sept. 

 Shoa {Sir W. C. Harris). 



Africa. 



Old Coll. 



Purchase 



-Br. Bailcii^T.f 



Sir H. H. Johnston 



[P.]. 

 India Museum. 



Purchased. 



