15G 



BIRDS OF BKITISII fiUIAXA. 



sli^rlitly curved towards the blunt tip. Oljtained at Whiroon on 



the Abarj." 



Mr. Barrington Brown (Canoe and Camp Life^ p. 104) writes: — 

 '■ Sowewies or negrocopes are numerous in this portion of the 



country, and are seen on the sand-beaches in the river. 



'"Their heads and necks are bare of feathers, being covered 



with a hard black skin, divided by furrows into plates. They are 



whire, with black wings, and are frequently seen soaring high in 



the heavens in circles, mounting higher and higher till they 



appear like mere specks." 



Genus EUXENURA Ridgw. 



Euxonnra liidjijway, Bull. U.S. Surv. Terr. iv. p. 219, 1878. Type 

 E. mnguari (Gmel.). 



The chief characters by which this genus is distinguished are 

 the ])eculiar form of the tail which is deejdy forked, the under 

 tail-coverts much elongated and projecting beyond the tail, the 

 long and straight bill^ the bare lores, and stripes on each side of 

 the throat. 



Fig. 44. — To illustrate the peculiar form of the tall. 



08. Euxenura maguari. 



Maguari Stork. 



Euxenura maguari (Gmel.), Syst. Nat. i. p. G28, 17S9 (" Habitat in 

 calidiori America "") ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 297, 1898 

 (British Guiana); Beebe, Our Search for a "Wilderness, p. lo-j, 

 1910 (Wainij : Brahounic & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 49, no. 4.39, 

 1912. 



