ORDER GRALLiE 351 



the wing-coverts are bordered with white. (C.Argaktt 

 Tem. Col. 301.) Thek wide bill enables them to 

 catch birds on the wing. 

 Add, 



C. Capillata, T. Col. 312. 



Plumage, bottle-green, clouded with greyish ; tail, 

 great wing-coverts, and secondary quills, tinted with 

 metallic-green. The last range of the middle-coverts, 

 has on each feather a large round reddish-brown spot. 

 Java and Sumatra. Ciconia Javanica, of Dr. Hors- 

 field. 



The Jabirus. (Mycteria, Lin.) 



Which Linnaeus has separated from Ardea, are very- 

 analogous to the storks, much more so than even 

 these last are to the herons proper. The moderate 

 aperture of the bill, the nostrils, the reticulated en- 

 velope of the tarsi, and the considerable palmations, 

 are the same as in the storks. Their mode of life is 

 also identical. 



Their only peculiar character is a bill slightly 

 curved towards the top. 



The best known species, 



American Jabiru. Mycteria Americana. Lin. 

 Enl. 8I7. 



Is very large ; white, with the head and neck without 

 feathers, clothed with a black skin, red towards the 

 base. The occiput alone has some white feathers j the 



