376 CICONID.E. 



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 STORK. 



Length, 42; expanse, 72; wing, 24; tail, 10; tarsus, 8 ; bill 

 at front, 7'9. 



Bill blood red ; hides 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. IV, 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, JBodd. 



920. C. leucocephala, 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 37 ; expanse, 68 ; wing, 20 ; tail, 7 ; tarsus, 7 j 

 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 



