292 A HAND-BOOK OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS 



(263) THE LESSER ADJUTANT. 



(LEPTOPTILUS J AV ANICUS- {Rorsf.) ) 



Hindi — Chandiari, Bang-gor. Bengali — Madan-tiki. 



Top of the head entirely bald and horny ; a large white neck 

 ruff covers the sides of the neck and breast. 



Hab. — India, Burmah, and the Malayan peninsula; in India tbey 

 are nowhere abundant, but more common in Assam and Sylhet than in 

 Upper Provinces ; rarely found in Lower Bengal. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 About six years. 



(264) THE BLACK-NECKED STORK. 

 (XENOEHYNCHUS ASIAT1CUS— {Lath.) ) 



Hindi — Lohajang. Bengali — Bam salik. 



Description. — Head and neck glossy black with green and purple 

 reflexions ; middle and greater coverts, tertiaries, and the tail also glossy 

 black with greenish reflexions ; rest of the plumage white ; bill black ; 

 irides brown ; legs red ; the young birds are grey. 



Hab. — Found in India and Burmah, extending through the 

 Malayan peninsula to Australia ; in Iudia it is common in Central 

 India and Lower Bengal. 



Length of life in captivity. 



Specimens have lived for more than eight years. 



(265) THE WHITE-NECKED STOEK. 

 (DISSUEA EPISCOPUS— {Bodd.) ) 

 Hindi and Bengali — Manikjor. 



Yery common in Bengal. 



Hab. — India, Burmah, Ceylon, and extends through the Malayan 

 peninsula to the islands of the Indian Archipelago. 



Length of life in captivity. 



The species appear to bear captivity well, as some of them obtained 

 in 1880 are still alive and well. 



(266) THE WHITE STORK. 

 (CICONIA ALBA— {Linn.) ) 

 Hindi — Lag -lag, Dhak. 

 Entirely white with the exception of the scapulars, quills, and the 

 greater wing coveits, which are black; bill and legs red. 





