18 JAEIRU. 



it is by some confounded with the Maleykh, or White-bellied ; 

 perhaps it approaches nearer to the one preceding. 



In the Museum of Mr. Bullock was one of the first described ; in 

 this I observed, that the bill was black from the base to the middle, 

 and from thence to the end red brown ; the fore part of the neck and 

 breast ash-colour, but very pale ; belly and thighs quite white ; 

 legs red brown. 



5— WHITE-BELLIED JABIRU. 



LENGTH about four feet Bill, from gape to point, eight 

 inches ; it is one inch and a half deep at the base, and turns a little 

 upwards, colour dusky horn ; irides brown ; between the bill and eye 

 a kind of lore, and the eye itself surrounded with a broad, oblong, 

 rufous, flesh-coloured, bare space ; the chin and under mandible are 

 also bare; general colour of the plumage of the head, neck, and 

 breast greenish brown, approaching to black ; but the back inclines 

 more to green, and the wing coverts to purple; the rest of the wing 

 dull, dusky green; quills black ; tail inclining to purple, and both 

 of them equal in length ; the lower part of the breast, belly, thighs, 

 and vent white ; legs pale dusky flesh-colour ; the toes are blunt, 

 and blackish. 



Inhabits India. — General Hardwicke ; called Maleykh, On this 

 the General makes the following note : — This the Denoo Birdcatcher 

 distinguishes from the large bird, known by the same name, at Fut- 

 tehguhr, and calls it a female ; and adds, that the male is larger, 

 and the bill red. 



xlmong the drawings of Mr. Dent is a bird not greatly differing. 

 The bill yellowish horn-colour; head and neck dusky blue; back 

 waved brown and dusky; wings deep brown; wing coverts paler; 

 the under parts, from the breast, brownish white, and the feathers 

 longish and loose; legs dusky pale blue. 



We suspect this last to be a bird in immature plumage. 



