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to the Otis Julva, u chin white," and " under parts dusky yel- 

 lowish cream colour ;" as they differ in all other particulars, the 

 birds cannot be identical; and a reference to a figure of the 

 Otis Indica, which is only to be met with in J. H.Miller, con- 

 firms the impression. Col. Sykes believes with Major Franklin 

 that the present species has been usually mistaken for the fe- 

 male of Otis aurita. — A correspondent in the Magazine of 

 Natural History, No. 16, for November 1830, under the sig- 

 nature of *' A Subscriber," page 517, confirms Col. Sykes's 

 opinion, stating that the Churj or ockreous Floriken (small Bus- 

 tard of India) is not the Otis Indica {white -chinned Bustard), 

 nor the Otis Bengalensis, nor the black Floriken ( Otis aurita) 

 or Leek of Hindostan. 

 Col. Sykes stated the food of the Otis nigriceps and the Otis Julva 

 to be almost exclusively grasshoppers; and he pointed out the 

 absence of a gizzard (the stomach being simple), combined 

 with the remarkable shortness of the intestinal canal, scarcely 

 exceeding the length of the body, as distinguishing these birds 

 from all others that had come under his observation. 



Order IV. GRALLATORES, III. 



Fam. Gruidce, Vigors. — Genus Grus, Pallas. Crane. 



168. Grus Antigone, Steph., 11. 531. Grus orientalis Indica, 



Briss., Orn. 5. 378. 7. Kullum of the Mahrattas. 

 Appear in flocks of hundreds in Dukhun during the cold season. 



Fam. Ardeida, Leach. — Genus Ardea, Auct. 

 Section A. Tarsi long. 



169. Ardea Egretta, Gmel., 1.629. Ardea Torr a, Buch. Franklin, 



Zool. Proceedings. La Grand Egrette, Buff., Ois. 7. 377. 



PI. Enl. 925. La7ge white Heron with yellow bill. 

 Length, inclusive of tail, 35 to 36 inches : tail 5 A inches. 

 Length of the European bird 4*2 inches. Irides bright yellow. 

 Solitary. 



170. Ardea Garzetta, Linn., 1. 937. IJ Aigrette, Buff., Ois. 7. 372. 



PI. Enl. 901. Little Egret Heron. 

 Length, inclusive of tail, 24 to 25 inches : tail 4 inches. Length 



of the European bird 24 inches. Irides light yellow. 

 Gregarious. Toes, as in the European bird, yellowish green or 

 apple green, exhibiting a curious contrast to the greenish black 

 of the legs. 

 171 Ardea Asha. Ard. supra ardosiacea, aorso brunnescente ; 

 mento, guld, lined longitudinali jugulari, corpore subtiis, teg- 

 minibusque caudce inferior ibus albissimis ; tegminibus alarum 

 tertiariis albo anguste ynarginatis. < 



IriSes dilute flavae. Rostrum corneum. Tarsi virescenti- 



nigri. Longitudo corporis 20\ unc, caudaz 3|. 

 Slate-coloured Heron. 

 A very rare bird in Dukhun. Has a good deal the aspect of 



