324 cicoNiiD^. 



Consp. Av. ii. p. 150 (1855) ; Gould, B. Asia, vii. pi. 59 (1862) ;. 

 Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 761 (1864) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ciconiae, 

 p. 17 (1864 : Madras : Ceylon) ; Blijth, Ibis, 1867, p. 173 (Tavoy R., 

 Tenasserim) ; Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 398 (Moulmeiu) ; Swinh. 

 P. Z. S. 1871, p. 411 (Amov); Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 38, 

 no. 10207 (1871) ; Holdsu: P.'Z. S. 1872, p. 478 (Ceylon); Haijes 

 Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 419 (Kathiawar) ; Hume, Nests S)- Eggs 

 Ind. B. p. 626 (1873) ; Adam, Sir. F. i. p. 399 (1873 : Sambhnr 

 Lake) ; Ball, Sir. F. ii. p. 435 (1874: Ohotia Nag-pur) ; Hume, 

 t. c. p. 483 (Tavov R.) ; Leqge, Ibis, 1874, p. 32, 1875, p. 404 

 (Ceylon); Blyth 4' Wald. B. Burm. p. 158 (1875: Arakan ; 

 Tonghoo) ; Butler, Str. F. iii. p. 441 (1875 : near Ahmedabad) ; 

 id. op. cit. iv. p. 24 (1876: Moimt Aboo) ; Fairb. t. c. p. 263 

 (Ahmednuggur); Ball, Str. F. v. p. 420 (1877: Jaipur; Raipur); 

 Eeicheii. J. f. O. 1877, p. 162 : David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 452 

 (1877); I£u7ne ^- Damson, Str. F. Ti._ p. 484 (1878: Thatone; 

 Tavoy); Davidson ^- Wetulen, Str. F. vii. p. 91 (1878: Deccan) f 

 Murray, t. c. p. 113 (Jeempeer, Siud, Sept.) ; Butler, t. c. p. 188 

 (E. Narra, breeding) ; Ball, t. c. p. 231 (Ganges to Godavery) ; 

 C'ripps, t. c. p. 309 (Faridpur) ; Hume, t. c. p. 491 (Calcutta), 

 p. 507 ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind etc. p. 71 (1879) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. 

 p. 114 (1879) ; Doig, t. c. p. 372 (Eastern Narra, breeding, Oct. & 

 Nov.) ; Newton, t. c. p. 415 ; Tiraut, Bull. Acp-ic. Cochinchitie, (3) i. 

 p. 155 (1879) ; Legqe, B. Ceylon, p. 1100 (1880) ; Butler, Cat. B. S. 

 Bomb. Pres. p. 84 (1880: Deccan); Tidal, Str. F. ix.p. 91 (1880: 

 South Konkan, not observed) ; Parker, t. c. p. 485 (1881) ; Beid, 

 op. cit. X. p. 76 (1881 : Lucknow, resident) : Simson, Ibis, 1882, 

 p. 93 (Megna River, breeding in the neighbourhood) ; Davidson, 

 Str. F. X. p. 324 (1882 : Khandeish, winter visitant) ; Parker^ 

 Ibis, 1883, p. 195 (Ceylon) ; Gates, Handb. Brit, Burm. ii. p. 267 

 (1883) ; Murray, Vertebr. Faun. Sind, p. 276 (1884 : breeding, May 

 to Aug.) ; Macqregor, Str. F. x. p. 442 (18S7 : Beltraum) ; Hume, 

 op. cit. xi. p. 338 (1888 : Svlhet) ; Oates, ed. Hume's Nests S,- Eggs 

 Ind. B. iii. p. 220 (1890) ; " Styan, Ibis, 1891, pp. 327, 493 (Lower 

 Yangtse, winter) ; De La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 490 (Foochow 

 Coast & River Min, summer ; Swatow, Sept.) ; Munn, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 68 (Calcutta distr., June). 



White-headed Ibis, Lat/i. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 116 (1785). 



Tantalus rodopteron vel leucocephalus,i/of/5?s. Icon. ined.. Brit. Mus., 

 Grail, pi. 76. no. 800; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 86 (1844). 



Tantalus indicus, Cuv. teste Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 150 (1855). 



Tantalus longimembris, Swin/i. Ibis, 1867, pp. 227-230 (Amoy) ; 

 G)-ay, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 38, no. 10210 (1871). 



Pseudotantalus leucocepbalus, Ridgic. Proa. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. 

 p. 551 (1883). 



Pseudotantalus longimembris, Ridgw. torn. cit. p. 551. 



Adult female. General coloiu' above white, with a rosy-pink 

 tinge on the rump and scapulars ; lesser and median wing-coverts 

 greenish black, with broad white ends to the feathers, producing 

 a barred appearance ; the greater coverts pure white, slightly 

 tinged with pink : bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, 

 externally glossed with steel-green ; the innermost secondaries 

 pinkish white, becoming beautiful deep pink on the edges and tips 

 of the feathers ; tail-feathers glossy greenish black, with a slight 

 coppery shade ; head and neck all round, excepting the basal parts- 



