THE WHITE-NECKED STORK. 
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The Black-necked Stork is generally distributed over Pegu; and Mr. 
Blyth states that it is found in Arrakan and Tenasserim ; but in the 
latter Division Mr. Davison observed it only at Pahpoon. 
It is found over the whole peninsula of India and Ceylon^ and probably 
in all the Indo- Burmese countries. It ranges down the Malay peninsula^ 
through the islands to Australia^ and extends eastwards to Cochin China. 
This handsome Stork is a resident^ and is met with singly or in pairs in 
swampy plains and marshes. I found its nest in Southern Pegu in 
December and January^ a structure of sticks placed in large trees. The 
eggs^ four in number, are white with a green lining. 
Genus DISSURA*. 
629. DISSURA EPISCOPUS. 
THE WHITE-NECKED STORK. 
Ardea episcopus, Bodd. Tahl. PI. Enl. p. 54. Ardea leucocephala, Gm. Syst. 
Nat. i. p. 642. Ciconia leucocephala, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 737. Melano- 
pelargus episcopus, Hume 8f Menders. Lah. to Yarh. p. 295 ; Hume, Nests and 
Eggs, p. 609 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 356 ; Hume, S. F. iii. p. 189 ; Hume ^ Dav. 
S. F. vi. p. 469. Ciconia episcopus, Bl. B. Burm. p. 158 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, 
Ibis, 1877, p. 470. Dissura episcopa, Hume, S. F. viii. p. 114 ; Rainey, S. F. 
viii. p. 417; Scully, S. F. yiii. p. 359; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 1119; Oates, 
S. F. X. p. 243. 
Description. — Male and female. Crown^ nape and sides of the nape 
black ; neck, tail^ vent and under tail-coverts white ; remainder of plumage 
black_, beautifully glossed with reddish purple on the lower neck, breast, 
abdomen, upper back and lesser wing-coverts. 
Iris crimson ; eyelids and facial skin plumbeous ; bill in general black, 
tinged with red on the culmen, the tips and the margins ; legs and toes 
red ; claws reddish horn-colour. 
Length 36 inches, tail 8, wing 20*5, tarsus 7, bill from gape 6*8. The 
female is of the same size. 
The White-necked Stork is distributed over the whole Province in 
suitable localities, and is a constant resident. It is met with over the 
greater part of India and Ceylon, the Indo-Burmese countries. Cochin 
China, the Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Celebes. 
This beautifully coloured Stork is tolerably abundant in the plains, being 
* I cannot discover who is the author of this name. It appears to have been first used 
by Mr. Hume c). 
