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198. Ciconia alba. The White Stork. 

 Haji-Laglag, India; Dhak, N. W.P.; Wadume konga (Telugu). 



$ 42". Legs red. Bill SJ", blood-red. Greater coverts and quills black, rest 

 ■white. Orbital skin black. Europe and C. Asia, wintering in Africa and N. India. 

 Three to five eggs (3-2 x 1-5), white. (J. 919. B. 1546.; 



Also C. boyciana. 55". Bill 9^", black. Kesemblea C. alba. From E. Siberia, Corea, 

 and Japan. 



199. Ciconia nigra. The Black Stork. 

 Surmai, India. 



i 40" to 44" ; 9 lbs. ? 39 J" ; 7J lbs. Legs dark red. Bill 8", blood-red. 

 Orbital skin red. Breast and abdomen white ; rest blackish, with purple reflec- 

 tions. Europe and Asia, winters in Africa and India. Not observed in S. India, 

 •Ceylon, or Burma. (J. 918. B. 1547.) 



Genus ANASTOMUS. 



A>'0 = up and down ; trri;ua=a mouth. 



Second and third quills unequal. Bill thick, coarse, and gaping in the middle. 

 Upper mandible edged with lamellae. Genys strongly curved upwards. 



200. Anastom'us oscitans. The Open-bill Stork. 



$ 29" to 32". Legs fleshy. Bill 6", green. Plumage ash-grey. "Wing and 



i;ail black. Some nearly white, supposed to be adults. India, Ceylon, and east 



to Cochin China. Two to five eggs (2-24 x 1-6), white. (J. 940. B. 1553.) 



Also A. lamelligerus. 28". General plumage black, with horny elongations to shafts of 

 ■breast-feathers. From Africa and Madagascar. 



Genus XENORHYNCHUS. 



Bill large, solid, with no "saddle." Tip ascending. Head and neck completely 

 feathered. 



201, Xenorhynchus asiaticus. The Black-neckbd Stork. 



(? 52" to 56". Legs red. Bill 12", black. Under plumage white, rest glossy 

 green. Iris in male dark brown ; in female yeUow. India, Ceylon, Burma, and 

 through Malaya to Australia. Four eggs (2-91 x 2-12), white. (J. 917. B. 1549.) 



Also the genus EpMppiorhynchus. With " saddle " across bill. Lores and eye region bare. 

 One species — E. senegalensis, 65", confined to Africa. 



Also the genus Mycteria. Head and neck bare, with few downy feathers on occiput. One 

 ;species — M. americana, 50", from C. and S. America. 



(ii.) Under tail-coverts lengthened and stiffened, equal to or longer than tail. 



Genus DISSURA. 

 Crown feathered, forehead and cheeks naked. Tail deeply forked. Under 

 tail-coverts longer than tail. Legs very short. 



202. Dissura episcopus. The White-neokkd Stork. 



Manikjor, Kali, Laglag, India; Kandesur (Mahratta); Sanku-budi-konga (Telugu); 

 Padre koku, Ceylon; Chi-gyin-sut, Burma. 



(? 36" to 37". Legs dull red. Bill 6^", dusky. Neck, abdomen, under tail- 

 coverts, and tail white ; rest black-glossed. Forehead and eye-patch nude. The 



