BIRDS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ASIA. 



Saras, or Surhwns, H. ; Gyo-gya, Arracau. 

 Inhabits India generally, rare to the southward. 



Or. cinerea, Bechstein (Pi. Enl. 769 ; 

 Gould's B. E. pi. 270). 



Syn, Ardea grus, L. 



Gnis vulgaris, Pallas, 



Kulung, H. ; Kunj. Persian. Inhabits Eu- 

 rope ; Asia ; N. Africa. Common in India. 



Siih-genus ANTHROPOIDES, Vigors. 

 Anthr. virgo {PI. Mil. 241 ; Edwards, pi. 

 134.) 



Syn. Ardea virgo, L. 



Grus numidica, Brisson. 



Karlcarra, H. ; also Kurrounch (Jerdon) ; 

 KurJcoiicha, Can. ; SJiuMumik, Kabul. (AH 

 imitative of cry.) Inh;ibits Asia and Africa. 

 Eare in S. Europe. Common in S. India. 



Tribe CULTRIROSTRES. 



Earn ARDEAD^. 



Subf^im. TANTADINiE. 



Ge7ms EALOINELLUS. Ray, Bechstein. 



F. igneus (Gould's £. A. Vol. VI. pi. 47). 



Syn. Tantalus falcinellus, L. 



T. igncus et, viridis, Graelin. 

 Ibis sacra, Tcmminck. 



Kowa?'i, H. ; Kala Xustechora, B. ; Buzak, 

 Kabul- Btoc/t Cwr/ew of sportsmen. Inhabits 

 Old World generally ; Australia. Common in 

 India. 



Qeniis GERONTICUS, Wagler. 



G. papillosus {PI. Col. 340). 

 Syn. Ibis papillosa, Temminck. 



BirM or Kala Buza, H. ; Karunhul, C- India 

 Kinj Ciirleiv of sportsmen. Inhabits India 

 generally (nec L. Bengal). 



Genus THRESKtORNIS, G. R. Gray. 



Thr. melamcepJialus, (Jardine and Selby; 



Orn. Ill-, pi 120> 



Syn. Tantalus raelanocephalus, L., — tlie young. 



Ibis Macei et I. leucun (apud G. H. Gray) Teni' 



minck, 

 I. bengals, Cuvier. 

 1. religiosa apud S^kes. 



Munda, H. ; Safed Buza of some : Sada 

 Kasechora {i. e. ' White Curlew') of some, B. ; 

 Kula-gouk, Arracan. White (7«r/ew of sportsmen. 

 Inhabits India generally ; scarce in Arracan. 



Genus rANTALUS, L. 



T. leucocephalus, Gmelin (Pennant's Ind. 

 Zool. pi. 11). 



Syn. T. gangeticus, Shaw. 

 T. indicus, Cuvier, 



DoJch, II. ; Jaunghal, in Hindustan (Jerdon), 

 Kat Saninga, H., B. ; Lawjnng and Lumdiih, 

 Siudh. Inhabits India generally ; Ceylou ; As- 

 sam j Arracan. 



T. lacteus, Temminck {Fl Col. 352). 



Syn. T. ibis, var. , and the young — 



T. ciuereus. Raffles, Lin. Tr. XIII. 337. 



Inhabits Malay countries. 



Genus PLAT ALE A, L. 



PI. leucorodia, L. (PI. Enl 405). 



Chammacli Buza {i. e, ' Spoon Ibis'), H. 

 CImnta, B. Inhabits Europe and Asia. Common 

 in India. 



Ge7ms ANASTOMUS, Bonnaterre. 



A. oscitans, (Pi. Enl 932 ; Sonnerat, Voy- 

 aux hides, pi. 122). 



Syn. Ardea oscitans, Boddaert. 



A. pontice.riana et coromandelica, Gmelin, 

 All. typus, Temminck. 

 A. albus et ciuereus, Vieillot. 

 Mycteria asiatica C?). Latham. 



Gungla or Gunglu, H. (Jerdon) ; also Ghon- 

 gal, H. ; Samuk-khol, B. ; Tont'h Bhunja 

 (Tickell) ; Klia-yoo-tsoot, Arracan. Inhabits 

 India generally. Common. 



INCERTJE SEDIS. 



Genus DROMAS, Payk. 



L. ardeola, Payk. (PI. Col. 362 ; Suit, ' Tra- 

 vels in Abyssinia,' pi, 31). 



Syn. Erodia amphilensis, Stanley. 



Ammoptila charadroides ? apud Jerdon, CataL 



Inhabits Sea-coast of S. India and Ceylon ; 



also of E. Africa. 



Subfam. CICONIN^. 



Genus MYCTERIA, L. 



M. australis, Shaw (Gold's B. A. Vol. VI. 



pi. 51). 



Syn. Ardea oscitans, Latham. 



Sicouia leucoptera, Wagler. 



Bunarus, and Loliojung, H.j Ram Salii, B. 

 Inhabits India generally, Malay countries, and 

 Australia. 



G.nus CICONIA, L. 

 C. alba, Belon (PL Enl. 866). 



Syn. Ardea cicouia, L. 

 Lag-lay, or Ujli ; also ffaji. lag-lag, II. 

 (Jerdon); Dlieh, Muttra. Inhabits Europe; 

 Asia ; N. Africa ; India generally; very common 

 in parts of Bengal, during the cold season. 



C. nigra, L. (Pi. Enl. 399). 



Syn. Avdea nigra, L. 



A. chrysopclargus, Lichtenstein, 

 A. fusca, brisson,— the young. 

 White-bellied Jabiru, Latham. 



Sin-mai, H. (Jerdon). Inhabits Europe ; 

 Asia ; N. Africa; common in N. India ; very 

 rare in L. Bengal. 



C. Icucocepliala (PI. Enl, 906). 



SXN- Ardea leucocephala, Qmeliu, 

 ' C. umbellata, Wagler 



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