ARDEIDiE. 193 



204. Leptoptilus javanicus. The Haie-orbstbd or Small Adjutant 



Stork. 



Madan-chur, Bengal; Chinjura, India; Bang-gor, Pumeah; Dodal-konga (Telugu); 

 Mana, Ceylon; Don-mi-gwet, Burma. 



(J 54". Legs dirty black. Bill 10" to 12", dirty. Bald, bare neck. No gular 

 pouch. Thin mane. White neck-rufif. Above gloss-green, faintly barred. Under- 

 tail pure white. C. and S. India, Ceylon, and eastward through Burma to China, 

 and southward to Malacca, Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. Eggs 2-84 x 2-09. (J. 916. 

 B. 1551.) 



Also L. crumeniferus. 40". Similar to L. javanicus, but with white edges to all the 

 greater coverts and secondaries. From Africa, 



Genus PSEUDO TANTALUS. 



Tantalus, King of Phrygia, ancestor of the Pelopidje (akin to TdXanTov, TaXivTota, to»t<£\ocd), 

 probably in relation to the mythological story of his hanging balanced over water. 



Bill very large, thick, rounded, and smooth. Tip of bill bent down, emargin- 

 ated. Crown, throat, and face bare, but not the neck. Under tail-coverts extend 

 beyond tail. 



205. Pseudotantalus leucocephalus. The Painted Stork. 



(? 40" to 42". Legs fleshy. Bill 10", deep yellow. Plumage white. 

 Primaries, secondaries, and tail black, glossed green. Tertiaries rosy, with dark 

 band and tipped white. Broad breast-band black. India, extending to Burma 

 and China. Four eggs (2-77 x 1-88), white. (J. 938. B. 1552.) 



Also P. cinereus. 38"- Pure white. Bastard wing, primary coverts, quills and tail black. 

 From Malay Peninsula to Java and Sumatra. 



P. ibis. 40". White, tinged rosy. Wing-coverts with crimson bar. From Africa and 

 Madagascar. 



Also the genus Tantalus. With crown, throat, and neck bare. The neck covered with 

 scurvy scales. One species — T. loculator, 42", confined to America. 



Suborder ARDEiE. 

 Herons, Shoebills, and Hammerheads. 



One notch on each side of posterior margin of breast-bone. Hind toe on same 

 plane as other toes. 



Family AEDEIDiE. Hekons. 



Bill straight, grooved on each side, notched, but with no hook at end. Hind 

 toe well developed. Slight web between third and fourth toes, that between 

 second and third obsolete. Mid claw pectinated. Powder -down patches 

 present. In Herons, plumulse of a peculiar kind (the summits of which break 

 off into a fine dust as fast as they are formed) are developed upon certain 

 portions of the integument which are termed "powder-down patches." Tail 

 of ten or twelve feathers. (206-221.) 



