794 Messrs. Sclater and Mackworth-Praed on [This, Family Ciconiip”.

Ciconia ciconia ciconia. Ardea ciconia Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 142: Enrope, Asia, and Africa, restricted type-locality Sweden.

Ciconta ciconia Reichw. V. A. i. p. 845. Ciconia alba Bechst.; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 378. The White Stork is a common winter visitor.

Ciconia nigra. Ardea nigra Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 142: Northern Hurope.

Ciconia nigra Reichw. V. A. i. p. 346 ; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 378, 1908, p. 255.

Also a winter visitor, but not so common as the White Stork.

Abdimia abdimi.

Ciconia abdimu Licht. Verz. Doubl. 1823, p. 76: Dongola, Sudan; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 378, 1908, p. 255.

Abdimia abdimi Reichw. V. A. i. p. 343.

[Chr. coll.] 1 Meridi Mch. B.@.

Dissoura episcopus microscelis.

Ciconia microscelis G. R. Gray, Gen. Birds, ii. 1848, p- 561, pl. 151.

Disscura microscelis Reichw. V. A. 1. p. 847. Dissura episcopus apud Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 379.

[B. coll.] 1 Kemsa May, Mon.

[C. & L. coll.] 1 nr. Melut, 1 nr. Meshra Zeraf Jan. U.N. Reichenow (/.c.) has pointed out the difference between the Indian and African forms of the Woolly-necked Stork, and attaches Gray’s non-descript name to the latter. Gray’s figure appears to represent an African bird, though he nowhere states as much.

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis. Micteria senegalensis Shaw, Tr. Linn. Soc. v. 1798, p. 35, pl. 3: Senegal; Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 379, 1908, p. 255.

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis Reichw. V. A. 1. p. 341.