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more rufous, and has all the scapulars, coverts, and loth webs 

 of primaries and secondaries more or less banded with white. 

 In ceylonica a few of the smaller scapulars are in some specimens 

 similarly banded, and there are white bars or traces of them 

 on the inner webs of both primaries and secondaries ; but the 

 banding- never extends either to the coverts or to the outer webs 

 of the quills. 



913.— Hypotsenidia striata, Lin. 



A specimen from Thayetmyo is darker, and rather larger billed, 

 than Indian specimens usually are, but not nearly so dark as the 

 Andaman birds {vide Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 302). 



Mr. Oates says : " The specimen I send is the only one I have 

 seen ; it was shot near Prome by Captain E. Swetenham, and 

 kindly given to me by him." 



916.— Leptoptilos javanicus, Mors/. 



Mr. Oates remarks : " This species occurs in the plains singly 

 during the rains." No specimen has been sent ; but the two species 

 could scarcely be confounded. 



917.— Mycteria indica, Lath. 



Mr. Oates remarks : " This is not a common bird, but remains 

 with us all the year through. A male measured : Length, 52'4; 

 expanse, 85; tail, from vent, 9*4 ; wing, 22; bill, from gape, 

 11-9; tarsus, 12- 7. 



" The legs and feet are coral red ; claws, dusky pink ; bill, 

 black ; gular skin, dusky purple ; eyelids, dusky purple, turning 

 to pink at the centre of the lower lid ; irides, bluish brown." 



Specimens from Thayetmyo and Rangoon are identical with 

 our Indian ones. How far south indica proceeds, and where 

 it meets the Australian austral is, I have not been able to 

 ascertain. I cannot even satisfactorily make out the difference 

 between the two species ; but it appears to consist mainly in the 

 lower part of the back in australis being black, while it is white in 

 the present species. 



920— Melanopelargus episcopus, Bodd. 



Mr. Oates says : " This species occurs in flocks in the rains, 

 and is also seen in the cold-weather. A male measured — 



" Length, 36 ; expanse, 70"5 ; tail, from vent, 8*0 ; wing, 20'6; 

 bill, from gape, 6 - 8; tarsus, 6 '9. 



" The irides are crimson ; eyelids and naked skin in general, 

 plumbeous, becoming purplish on the throat. The bill is black, 

 reddish on the anterior half of culmen, the tips of both 



