CICONIA. 649 



Breeds nearly all over India in well-watered tracts, where lakes, jheels, 

 swamps and marshes abound, and from September to December. The site for 

 building is generally the higher branches of peepul or seesum trees. Nest very 

 large and composed of twigs and sticks, Eggs, 4 in number, pure white and 

 not unlike those of the last. Size 2-65 to 3- 13 X 1-98 to 2-3 inch. 



Gen. CiCOnia. Linn. 

 Keel of bill straight ; 3rd and 4th quills longest ; hind toe elevated. 



1339. CiCOnia nigra (Linn.), Bodd., Tab. PI. En. 399; Gould, B. 

 Eur. pi. 284; Jerd , B. Ind. iii p. 735 ; Sir. F. iv. p. 22; Murray, Hdbk., 

 Zool., fyc. t Sind, p. 225 ; id., Vert. Zool. Sind, p. 267. The BLACK STORK. 



Head, neck, nape, chin, throat, breast, back and greater and lesser wing 

 coverts glossy black with blue, green and coppery reflections; primaries 

 black; tail black; under tail coverts and under parts from below the breast 

 white ; legs orange red ; nude orbitar area reddish brown ; bill blood red ; 

 irides dark brown. 



Length. 44 inches ; wing 24 ; tail 10 ; bill at front 8 inches. 



Hab. Sind, Punjab, N.-W. and Central Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Kutch, 

 Concan, the Deccan, Guzerat and Rajputana, also Afghanistan. A winter 

 visitant to India. 



1340. CiCOnia alba (Belong Bodd., Tab. PL En. 865; Gould,. B. 

 Eur. pi. 283 ; Jerd., B. Ind. iii. p. 736, No. 919 ; Str. F. iv. p. 22 ; Murray, 

 Hdbk., Zool., fyc., Sind, 22$; id., Vert. Zool., Sind. p. 267. The WHITE 



STORK. 



Head, crown, nape, chin, throat, breast and back pure white ; greater wing 

 coverts glossy black, shaded with grey towards the shafts ; primaries, seconda- 

 ries and tertiaries black; nude orbitar area black; legs red; irides brown. 



Length. 44 inches; wing 23 to 25 ; tail 10; bill at front 7-5 to 7*75. 



Hab. Sind, the Daccan, Concan, Rajputana, Kutch, Guzerat and Central 

 India; also the Punjab, N.-W. Provinces, Oudh, and Bengal. Along the 

 banks of the Indus and the edges of lakes and swamps ; in Sind it is not un- 

 common during winter. Feeds on lizards, molluscs, &c. 



1341. Ciconia Ieucoo3pliala (Gm.}, Bodd., Tab. PL Enl. 906; 



Jerd., B. Ind. iii. p. 737, No. 920 ; Murray, Hdbk., Zool., Sfc., Sind, p. 226; 

 id., Vert. Zool., Sind, p. 267. Ardea leucocephala, GmeL, Syst. Nat. \. 

 p. 642. Melanopelargus episcopus, Hume and Renders., Lah. to Yark., 

 p. 295 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 609. Dissura episcopus, Hume, 

 Str. F. viii. p. 114; Legge, B. Ceylon p. 1119; Oates, B. Br. Burm. ii. 

 p. 265. Dissura episcopus, Bodd., Str. F. vi. p. 469. The WHITE-NECKED 

 STORK. 



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