420 KEMARKS ON THE GENUS IOEA. 



918.— Melanopelargus nigra, Lin. 



I have already noted the extreme wariness of the BIac?« 

 Stork, and its fondness for the society of the White-necked 

 Stork* (M. episcopus). On three occasions in Karial during Janu- 

 ary and February, I saw single individuals of this species in 

 company with small parties of M. episcopus. On one of these 

 occasions the Black Stork was the first to take alarm at my 

 approach, flying off altogether, while the others merely flew a 

 short distance, and agaiu alighted, allowing me to walk quite 

 close to them. 



The former seemed to divine that he was the sole and par- 

 ticular object of my attentions. 



938. — Tantalus leucocephalus, Gmel. 



The Pelican Ibis, which was of such rare occurrence in Chutia 

 Nagpur, is found in some abundance further south. Ou the 

 Jaipui and Bustar plateau, and in Raipur I not un frequently saw 

 flocks. In Sambalpur I have not yet seen it. 



gcnutvIiS on t|e gtats |onr. 



It has been more than once asserted of late years that, ll if, 

 as there is little doubt, Sylvia leucoptera, Vieill., is a species of 

 lora, then vEgithina, Vieill., takes precedence of lora, Horsf." 



In the first place, I think that it is very doubtful whether 

 S. leucoptera, Vieill., was really any species of lora ; in the 

 second place, if it was so, which cannot now be proved, the 

 genus jEgithina, if founded on this species, cannot be accepted, 

 because neither was it accompanied by a distiuct exposition 

 of essential characters (if really meant to apply to any lora), 

 nor is the type any known species. 



The alleged type of the genus Sylvia leucoptera, La fauvetle 

 leucoptere, was first described by Vieillot, Ois. de l'Amer., Sept., 

 II, 1807, 28, pi. 84. 



This bird is said to be an inhabitant of North America. 

 I am unable to refer to the original work, but Steph. Gen. Zool. 

 thus translates the description : — 



tl Length, four inches and a half; beak, black ; its sides 

 white; the whole upper parts of the body yellowish gi*een, 

 inclining to brown ; the upper wing-coverts tipped with white, 

 forming a bar of that colour on the wing, the beud of which, 

 with the cheeks, throat and under-parts of the body, are fine 



* S. F., I., p. 433. 



