Birds of Lucknow. 169 



No. 1545. Platalea leucorodia. Spoonbill. 

 Chamach-Buza [H.]. 



A cold-weather visitor, fairly common in certain parts of 

 the district. 



No. 1546. Ciconia alba. White Stork. 

 Ghybur [H.]. 



Occurs, but not very frequently, in flocks during the cold 

 weather. 



No. 1548. Dissura episcopus. White-necked Stork. 



Lag-Lag, Nuhri, Lohri [H.]. Beef-steak-bird [Anglo- 

 Indians]. 



A common and permanent resident. It breeds in high 

 trees, laying three or four white eggs, in July and August. 



The only nest that I have found was on a big tamarind in 

 the centre of a village. On the same tree were nests of the 

 Grey-necked Crow \_Corvus splendens], Paddy-bird [Ardeola 

 grayi], and Little Egret [Herodias garzetta]. 



Four eggs which I possess measure — 2*65" x T84", 2 , 50" X 

 1-80", 2-56" x 1-85", 2-52" x 1-87". 



No. 1549. Xenorhynchus asiaticus. Black-necked Stork. 



Banaras, Lohargunj [H.]. Australian Stork [European 

 sportsmen]. 



Numerically scarce, but, nevertheless, a permanent resi- 

 dent. Breeds apparently towards the end of the rains and 

 at the beginning of the cold weather. Beid found the nest, 

 " a huge platform of sticks on the top of a pipal tree near a 

 swamp/' with three half-fledged young on November 15th, 

 and Lt. -Colonel Thomhill tells me that he has taken the 

 eggs in the Bareilly district during the cold weather. 



No. 1550. Leptoptilus dubius. Adjutant. 

 Feda-dkank [H.]. 



Appears to visit us only during the "rains/' and is then 

 scarce. 



No. 1551. Leptoptilus javanicus. Smaller Adjutant. 

 The above remarks epply to this species. So far as I can 



