634 PONDICHERRY ANASTOMUS. 



erect : the back, the quills, and the tail, are black : 

 from the base of the beak to the eye naked, and 

 black : round the throat the same : the wings are 

 rather short, reaching only to the middle of the 

 tail : the irides are red : the legs are rufous yellow. 



This species is frequent on the Ganges and 

 other Indian rivers, and is common on the Coro- 

 mandel coast during the months of September, 

 October, and November : it feeds upon fish and 

 reptiles. 



The preceding species is supposed by Cuvier to 

 be the young of this, but I know not on what 

 grounds he forms his conjecture. 



