April 20, 1923.] Birds of the Indian Empire. 231 



2055. (1546) Ciconia ciconia boyciana The Chinese White 



Stork. 



Ciconia boyciana Swinh., P, Z. S,, 1873, p. 513 

 {Yokohama). 



Ussuri to Japan. Winter S. China. Straggler, 

 Burma, Manipur and Assam. 



2056. (1547) Ciconia nigra. The Black Stork. 



Ardea nigra Linn., S. N., i. p. 142 (1758), {N. 

 Europe). 

 Temperate Europe and Asia. S. to N. India, 

 E. to Assam. 



3057. (1548) Dissoura episcopa episcopa. The Indian 



White-necked Stork. 



Ardea episcopus Bodd., PI. Enl., p. 54 (1783), (India). 

 India, Ceylon, Burma to Tenasserim, N. Siam, 

 etc. 



3058. (1548) Dissoura episcopa neglecta. The Javan White- 



necked Stork. 



Dissoura neglecta Finsch., Orn. Monatsb., p. 94 

 (1904), (Java). 



S. Siam, Tenasserim, Malay States to Philip- 

 pines. 



2059. (1549) Xenorhynchus asiaticus asiaticus. The 



Black-necked Stork. 



Mycteria asiatica Lath., Ind. Orn., ii, p. 670 (1790), 

 {India.) 



India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay States, etc. Siam. 



2060. (1550) Leptoptilus dubius. The Adjutant. 



Ardea dubia Qmd., 8. N., i, p. 624 (1789), {India). 



India, rare in the S. ; Burma, Siam, Malay Pen., 

 etc. 



2061. (1551) Leptoptilus javanicus. The Smaller Adjutant. 



Ciconia javanica Horsf., Trans. L. 8., ziii, p. 188 

 (1821), {Java). 



Ceylon, S. and E. India, Assam, Burma, Siam, 

 Malay Pen. to Java and Borneo. 



3062. (1552) Pseudotantalus leucocephalus leucocephalus. 



The Painted Stork. 



Tantalus leucocephalus Penn., Ind. Zool., p. 11, 

 pi. x (1769), {Ceylon). 

 Ceylon, India (not Punjab), Burma, Siam, 

 Cochin and S. China. 



2063. (1553) Anastomus oscitans. The Open-bill. 



Ardea oscitans Bodd., Tahl. pi. Enl., p. 55 (1783), 

 {Pondicherry) , 



Ceylon, India, Burma, Siam, Cochin China, etc. 



