108 CICONIIDJ3. 



28. Etawah, 27th Aug. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



4. Etawah, 28th Aug. (A. O. H.}. Hume Coll. 



8. Allahabad. Hume Coll. 



2. Jusra, near Allahabad, 9th July Hume Coll. 



(C. T. Bingham). 



2. Muraha, near Allahabad, 9th July Hume Coll. 



(C. T. B.). 



-23. Eaipur, C. Prov. Hume Coll. 



Genus XENORHYNCHUS, Bp. 



Xenorhynchus asiaticus (Lath.}. 



Mycteria australis, Jerd. Birds Ind. iii. p. 734 (1864). 



Xenorhynchus asiaticus, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 1116 (1880); Oates ed. 



Hume Nests fy Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 265 (1890) ; Barnes, Journ. Bomb. 



Nat. Hist. Soc. vi. p. 141 (1891) 5 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 



p. 310 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 191 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black-necked Stork are either of an elliptical or 

 of a blunt oval shape. They are of a dull white colour, smooth to 

 the touch, covered with very numerous minute pores, and possess 

 a small amount of gloss. They measure from 2-65 to 3'15 in length, 

 -and from 1-95 to 2-3 in breadth. 



11. Rohtuk, N.W. Prov., India, Hume Coll 



9th Sept. 



1. Rohtuk, 14th Sept. Hume Coll. 



3. Rohtuk, 16th Sept. Hume Coll. 



3. Delhi, 13th Sept. Hume Coll. 



3. Delhi, 14th Sept. Hume Coll. 

 1. Peeperhata, 14th Oct. Hume Coll. 

 1. Deorah, 10th Oct. Hume Coll. 

 1. Etawah, Sept. Hume Coll. 



4. Etawah, 22nd Oct. ( W. E. Brooks) . Hume Coll. 

 1. Etawah, 29th Oct. Hume Coll. 



Genus EPHIPPIORHYNCHUS, Bjp. 



Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (Shaw). 



Mycteria senegalensis, Gurney, Ibis, 1862, p. 34 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, 



Birds S. Africa, p. 731 (1875-84). 

 Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 312 



(1898); id. Hand-l. i. p. 191 (1899). 



The eggs of the African Jabiru in the Collection are dull white, 

 slightly glossy, coarse in texture, and covered with minute pores. 

 One is elliptical, two are pointed ovals. They measure respectively : 

 3-1 by 2-25 ; 3'05 by 2'21 ; 3 by 2-25. 



1. South Africa. Purchased. 



2. South Africa. Gould Coll. 



