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reptiles, water-rats, fish, and frogs, but appears to pre- 

 fer locusts when these are to be had, chasing them on 

 the ground as well as in the air. On such occasions these 

 Storks may be seen in thousands gyrating in immense 

 circles and, as it were, in different strata, the lower 

 frequently flying within range of the fowling-piece 

 whilst the eye rests painfully on the higher as mere 

 specks in the air. 



The iris is greyish brown, the brown predominating 

 next the pupil ; a small patch in front of the eyes, a streak 

 above the eye and halfway from the front, a minute spot 

 on the lower eyelid, the chin, and the inside of the ears 

 are all vermilion-red ; the front of the head is light flesh- 

 colour, the remainder of the naked parts bluish purple ; 

 the legs greenish merging into vermilion at the joints, 

 the toes dusky both above and below. 



[A coloured drawing of this Stork, by Mr. Baines, in Mr. 

 Andersson's collection, has the following note appended to it : 

 1 ' Flocks of this Stork wander about the flats of Lake Ngami, 

 picking up snails and insects." ED.] 



329. Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, Bon. Saddle-billed Stork. 



Ciconia ephippiorhyncha, Temminck's PI. Col. pi. 64. 



Riippell's Atlas, pi. 3. 



Ephiptnorhynchus senegalensis, Ayres and Gurney, Ibis, 1862, p. 34. 

 Mycteria senegalensis, Layard's Cat. No. 600. 



Finsch & Hartlaub's Vogel Ost-Afrika's, 



p. 723. 

 Ephippiorhynchus seneyalensis, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 10193. 



This curious-looking Stork occurs occasionally both 

 in Damara Land and in Ondonga ; but I have only once 

 personally obtained a specimen, which I met with in 



