HERON. 55 



A. — Bill dusky purple; head and neck white; top of the head 

 black ; body above black, glossed with purple and green ; the tail 

 black, the upper coverts mixed with white ; legs as in the other. 



Inhabits India, called Luglug. 



B. — j5i]] dusky, the edges red; irides red; the sides of the head 

 bare, marked with grey specks ; crown of the head black ; neck and 

 all beneath white ; the rest of the plumage black, with a tinge of 

 green on the wings ; thighs covered a very little way with feathers ; 

 the bare part and legs red. 



Inhabits India. 



C. — In another drawing I observe one which is similar, having 

 the tail white, and the breast black ; but as the specimen is repre- 

 sented with the feathers soft and downy, it is probably a young bird. 



The Violet Stork is said to be very common in the East Indies ; 

 in some the legs are yellow, and in others red ; is called at Bengal, 

 Monickjore ; at Hindustan, Luglug ; is accounted good eating, and 

 used for sport in falconry, in the same manner as the Common Heron 

 formerly was in this kingdom. Mr. Pennant, from the shoulders 

 being much elevated, has given it the name of Hunchback. 



These birds are monogamous ; the male and female remaining 

 together at all seasons, at least in the vicinity of Calcutta, feeding on 

 worms and fishes. 



The Mahomeddans do not eat this bird, though they do other 

 Herons, in respect to a Saint named Monik, the name of a precious 

 stone, said to be found in the head of a snake ; and Jur, a pair, 

 alluding to their living in pairs. — Dr. 'Buchanan, 



