144 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1891. 



It jis this habit the Herons have of breeding in company that 

 causes so much confusion amongst their eggs in collections. 



The nest is a loose ragged platform, constructed with sticks and 

 twigs, with scarcely any hollow for the eggs, which are from three to 

 five in number, and are very similar to those of the Blue and Purple 

 Herons, but average rather smaller. They measure about 211 

 inches in length by 1*55 in breadth. 



Baroda, -July to August. II. Littkdak, B. A. 



Sind, Eastern Narra, July to August. S. B. Doig. 



926. THE LITTLE WHITE HERON. 



Herodias intermedia, Hass. 



The Little White Heron has a similar distribution to the last ; the 

 nest does not appear to have been taken in the Deccau. It is com- 

 mon in the northern portion of Western India, and breeds freely on 

 trees in colonies. 



The eggs are similar to those of other Herons, but are perhaps 

 rather finer in texture, and slightly paler. 



They measure 1'9 inches ia length by 1-44 in breadth. 



Wassind, riecer Bombay, July. H. E. Barnes. 



Baroda, July and August. II. Litlledule, B. A. 



ISind, Eastern Narra, July and August. S. B. Doig. 



927. THE LITTLE EGRET. 



Herodias garzetta, Lin. 



The Tattle Egret is found in the same localities as the other herons, 

 mid like them they seem to disappear from the Deccan during the 

 breeding season. 



I found them breeding at Wassind in July and at Deesa in July 

 and August. In the latter case the nests, of which there were a 

 great number, were all built in a large tree about two hundred yards 

 lroin the river, and in the middle of a block of huts on the outskirts 

 of the town. The Cattle Egrets and Pond Herons were also breed- 

 ing in the same tree. The nests were like those previously des- 

 cribed, and the eggs, five or six in number, were of a pale blue 



