CICONIIDJE. 105 



Sub-Order CICONI^E. 



Family CICONIID.E. 



Sub-Family TANTALIN^l. 



Genus PSEUDOTANTALUS, Ridgw. 



Pseudotantalus leucocephalus (Forst.). 



Tantalus leucocephalus, Jerd. Birds Ind. in. p. 761 (1864) ; Legge, Birds 

 Ceylon, p. 1100 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests % Eggs Ind. .5. iii. p. 220 

 (1890) ; Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vi. p. 149 (1891). 



Pseudotantalus leucocephalus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 323 

 (1898) : id. Hand-l. i. p. 189 (1899). 



The eggs of the Painted Stork, or Pelican-Ibis, are typically of an 

 oval form, but many are elliptical or biconical. They have no gloss. 

 The shell is fine, compact, and plain white, turning to yellow with 

 incubation. The eggs measure from 2-55 to 2'95 in length, and 

 from 1'75 to 2 in breadth. 



3. India." Gould Coll. 



3. Gobhurdum Tank, near Muttra, Hume Coll. 



17th Oct. (R. H. Whitten). 

 \. Gobhurdum Tank, 1st Noy. Hume Coll. 



(R. H. W.}. 

 41. Gobhurdum Tank, 5th Nov. Hume Coll. 



(R. H. W.\ 

 9. Gobhurdum Tank, 26th Oct. Hume Coll. 



(W.Bhwitt). 



Sub-Family CICONIIISLE. 

 Genus DISSOURA, Cab. 



Dissoura episcopus (Bodd.}. 



Oiconia leucocephala, Jerd. Birds Ind. iii. p. 737 (1864). 



Dissura episcopus, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 1119 (1830) ; Oates ed. Hume, 



Nests 8f Eggs Ind. B. ii. p. 268 (1890) ; Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat. 



Hist. Soc. vi. p. 142 (1891) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 



p. 294 (1898). 

 Dissoura episcopus, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 190 (1899). 



The eggs of the White-necked Stork are of a blunt oval or 

 elliptical form, and occasionally bluntly pyriform. , They are 

 gloss-less and of a dull white colour, but they become much stained 

 and soiled as incubation proceeds. They measure from 2-3 to 2'66 

 in length, and from 1-75 to 1-92 in breadth. 



