cicoNiA. 267 



Length. — 52 to 56 inches, wing 24, tail 9, bill at front 12*5 inches. 



Hob. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Eajputana, 

 Kutch, Guzerat, Concan, Deccan and the greater part of India, extend- 

 ing to Malayana. In Central and North India it is, as in Sind, ex- 

 tremely common along the banks of rivers and on the edges of 

 tanks and marshes. 



Gen. Ciconia. — Lin. 



Keel of bill straight ; 3rd and 4th quills longest ; hind toe elevated. 



Ciconia nigra? Lin. ; P. IS. 399; Oould. B. Bar. pi. 284; Jerd. B. 

 Ind. iii. p. 735; Str. F. iv. p. 22; Murray, Hdbk., Zool., 8^c., Sind, p. 

 225. — The Black Stoek. 



Head, neck, nape, chin, throat, breast, back and greater and lesser 

 wing-coverts glossy black with blue, green and coppery reflections ; 

 primaries black ; tail black ; under tail -coverts and under parts from 

 below the breast white; legs orange red; nude orbitar area reddish 

 brown ; bill blood red ; irides dark brown. 



Length. — 44 inches, wing 24, tail 10, bill at front 8 inches. 



Hab. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. and Central Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, 

 Kutch, Concan, the Deccan, Guzerat and Eajputana, also Afghanistan. 

 A winter visitant to India. 



Ciconia alba, Belon.; P. E. 866; Gould. B. Eur. pi. 283; Jerd. 

 B. Ind. iii. p. 736, No. 919; Str. F. iv. 22 ; Murray, Edbh, Zool, ^c, 

 Sind, 225. — The White Stoek. 



Head, crown, nape, chin, throat, breast and back pure white ; greater 

 wing-coverts glossy black, shaded with grey towards the shafts ; pri- 

 maries, secondaries and tertiaries black ; nude orbitar area black, lega 

 red ; irides brown. 



Length. — 44 inches, wing 23 to 25, tail 10, bill at front 7'5 to 7'75. 



Hab. — Sind, the Deccan, Concan, Eajputana, Kutch, Guzerat and 

 Central India ; also the Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh and Bengal. 

 Along the banks of the Indus and the edges of lakes and swamps, in 

 Sind it is not uncommon during winter. Feeds on lizards, molluscs, 

 &0. 



Ciconia leucOCephala, Gm. ; Pi. Enl. 906 ; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 

 737, No. 920 ; Murray, Edbk., Zool., Sfo., Sind, p. 226. Dissura epis- 

 copus, Bodd. ; Str. F. vi. 469. — The White-necked Stoek. 



Head black ; back of neck glossed with purple, also the upper back, 

 breast and upper abdomen ; neck white ; primaries and upper tail- 

 coverts glossed with green, also the lower back ; tail white ; irides 

 crimson; eyelids and nude orbitar area plumbeous; throat purpHsh ; 

 bill black, reddish on the anterior half; feet red. 



Length.— 2Q to 37 inches, extent 70, wing 20, tail 7, bill at front 6. 



£fa&.— Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Kutch ? 

 Eajputana ? Guzerat, Concan, Deccan, South and Central India. 



