794 Messrs. Sclater and Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



Family Ciconiid^. 



Ciconia ciconia ciconia. 



Ardea ciconia Linn. Syst. Nat. lOth erl. 1758, p. 142 : 

 Europe^ Asia, and Africa, restricted type-locality Sweden. 

 Ciconia ciconia Reicliw. V. A. i. p. 345. 

 Ciconia alba Bechst. ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 378. 

 The White Stork is a common winter visitor. 



Ciconia nigra. 



Ardea nigra Linn. Syst. Nat. lOtli ed. 1758, p. 142 : 

 Northern Europe. 



Ciconia nigra Reicliw. V. A. i. p. 346 ; Butler, Ibis^ 1905, 

 p. 378, 1908, p. 255. 



Also a winter visitor, hut not so common as the White 

 Stork. 



Abdimia abdimi. 



Ciconia abdimii Licht. Vei'z. DouI)l. 1823, p. 7G : Dongola, 

 Sudan ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 378, 1908, p. 255. 

 Abdimia abdimi Reichw. V. A. i. p. 343. 

 [V\n\ coll.] 1 Meridi Mch. E.G. 



Dissoura episcopus microscelis. 



Ciconia microscelis G. 11. Gray, Gen. Birds, iii. 1848, 

 p. 561, pi. 151. 



Dissoura microscelis Reichw. V. A. i. p. 347. 



Dissura episcopus apud Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 379. 



[B. coll.] 1 Kenisa May, Mon. 



[C. & L. coll.] 1 nr. Melut, 1 nr. Meshra Zeraf Jan. U.N. 



Reichenow (/. c.) has [)ointed out the difference between 

 the Indian and African forms of the Woolly-necked Stork, 

 and attaches Giay's non-descript name to the latter. Gray's 

 figure appears to represent an African bird, though he 

 nowhere states as much. 



Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis. 



Mictei'ia senegalensis Shaw, Tr. Linn. See. v. 1798, p. 35, 

 pi. 3 : Senegal j Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 379, 1908, p. 255. 

 Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis Reichw. V. A. i. p. 341. 



