23 NOTES ON THE AVIFAUNA OF MOUNT ABOO 
Again I saw one Adjutant during a recent trip, and that was 
sitting upon a low stack of corn in company with a quantity of 
vultures near a village I passed through on the road to my 
shooting ground, 28th November. 
[Occurs, somewhat sparingly, throughout the entire region, 
but in the more arid tracts, the greater parts of Jodhpoor and 
Sindh, is scarcely ever seen except during the rains.—A. O. H.] 
917.—Mycteria asiatica, Lath. 
The Black-necked Stork occurs in the plains in most of the 
rivers and marshes. It is not however very common. 
[Occurs in suitable localities throughout the entire region, but 
is rare as a whole in Sindh, Cutch and Jodhpoor ; in Kattiawar 
Capt. Hayes Lloyd says it is common.—A. O. H.] 
918.—Ciconia nigra, Lin, | 
The Black Stork is rare, and hitherto I have only met with 
one specimen, and that was standing alone on an island in the 
middle of one of the tanks between Deesa and Ahmedabad. 
I examined it very closely with my field glasses, so that there 
can be no doubt of its identity. 
[Very common in Sindh along the course of the Indus, and 
has been obtained in Kattiawar, Cutch and Jodhpoor, but is in 
the latter certainly, (Mr. Adam never saw it near Sambhur) and 
in the two former probably, a rare straggler.} 
919—Ciconia alba, Belon. 
The White Stork occurs all over the plains in the cold 
weather, frequenting marshy ground, tanks, &c. It is not how- 
ever very plentiful. 
[Oceurs in each sub-division of the whole region, and though 
Mr. Adam failed to obtain it at Sambhur, I do not think it is 
very rare in other parts of Jodhpoor more suited to its habits, 
or in any of the sub-divisions.—A. O. H.] 
920.—Ciconia leucocephala, Gmel. 
The White-necked Stork is tolerably common in the plains 
in all of the rivers and marshes. I observed it also at Mount 
Aboo feeding by the side of the Lake. 
[Dr. King also obtained it at Mount Aboo. Mr. Adam 
notes this as a regular visitant during the rains to the 
Sambhur Lake. I myself never saw it in any other part of 
Jodhpoor that I can remember, and I have neither seen nor 
heard of it thence or from Sindh, Cutch or Kattiawar. I cannot 
believe that it occurs in none of these, but it is not yet on 
record thence.—A. O. H.] 
