HERON. 53 



16.- GLOSSY STORK. 



SIZE large, at least equal to the last Species. Bill long, stout, 

 crimson, and pointed at the end ; round the eye bare and red ; the 

 whole side, beneath the eye, also bare, brownish green, and rounded 

 behind, passing quite on the ears, and bounded at the back with red ; 

 general colour of the plumage black, with a gloss of green in some 

 lights, and of purple in others; the feathers on the fore part of the 

 neck long, and hang loosely over it; all the under parts, from the 

 breast, thighs, and vent white ; the second wing coverts long, and 

 hang over the great quills and tail, so as to hide both ; the legs are 

 long, stout, and red ; between the toes a strong membrane. 



Inhabits India. — Sir J. Anstruther. 



17.— AMERICAN STORK. 



Ardea Maguari, Ind. Om.'n. 677. Gm. Lin. i. 623. 



Ciconia Maguari, Tern. Man. d'Orn. 360. Id. Ed. ii. 563. 



Ciconia Americana, Bris. v. 389. Id. 8vo. ii. 305. Klein, 125. III. 



Maguari, Raii, 97. 3. Will. 211. Id. Engl. 287. Buf. vii. 275. 



Le Baguari, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 342. 



American Stork, Gen. Syn. v. 50. 



SIZE of the Common Stork. Bill nine inches long, the base half 

 yellowish green, the rest bluish ash-colour; irides silvery; orbits and 

 bare skin between the bill and eyes red; plumage in general white; 

 the feathers, on the lower part of the neck before, long and loose ; 

 tail white, but the feathers above it are black ; the greater scapulars, 

 greater wing coverts, and quills black ; those nearest the body as long 

 as the quills; the legs and bare part above the joint red; the claws 

 broad and flat. 



