376 CICONID. 
Ciconia nigra, Lin. 
918.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 735; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 22; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 
IX, p. 433, Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 267; 
Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India; Ibis, 1885, p. 135. 
THE BLACK Sioa. 
Length, 42; expanse, 72; wing, 24; tail, 10; tarsus, 8; bill 
at front, 7°9. 
Bill blood red ; irides dark-brown ; legs dark-red. 
Whole plumage deep blackish-brown, with violet, purple, and 
green reflections, except the lower part of the breast and the 
abdomen, which are pure white. 
With the exception of Sind where it is common the Black 
Stork is only a somewhat rare seasonal visitant to suitable por- 
tions of the region. 
Ciconia alba, Bechst. 
919.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 736; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. 1V, p. 22; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 
IX, p. 433; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 267.. 
THE WHITE STORK. 
Length, 42; expanse, 78; wing, 24; tail, 10; tarsus, 8°5; bill 
at front, 75. : 
Bill fine blood-red ; irides brown; naked orbits black; legs 
red. 
Head, neck, and all the body pure white; greater-coverts, 
scapulars, and quills black. 
The White Stork is a not uncommon winter visitant to all 
suitable places within the district. 
Ciconia (Dissura) episcopa, Bodd. 
920.—C. lewcocephala, Gm.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, 
p- 737; Butler, Guzerat; Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 22; 
Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 443; Murray’s Vertebrate 
Zoology of Sind, p. 267; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; 
Ibis, 1885, p. 135. 
THE WHITE-NECKED STORK. 
Length, 36 to 87; expanse, 68; wing, 20; tail, 7; tarsus, 7 ; 
bill at front, 6. 
Bill dusky, reddish on culmen and beneath; the nude front, 
face, throat, and patch behind the ear dusky-plumbeous ; irides 
red; sclerotic black with an anterior patch of red, and a posterior 
one of yellow; tarsus dull red; naked skin of the ulna exposed . 
bright blood- red. 
Top of the head black ; the whole neck white ; the rest of the 
body black, beautifully glossed with purple on the back of neck, 
upper back and breast, and upper part of abdomen ; quills and, 
