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brought me from Fureckeer in the Monghyr District on the 11th March. 

 It measured, length to etui of train 47"; wing 17"; tail 7"'5: tarsus 8""5 ; 

 bill at gape, 6" 5 ; expanse 07". Bill yellow with tip dusky ; legs and, feet 

 black, tibia greenish. Three specimens all in full breeding dress had the 

 bills yellow, though Blanford gives it as black in that plumage. Another 

 one also in breeding plumage brought me measured, length 36"*5 ; wing 

 14" "25; tail 5"6 ; tarsus 7"; bill at gape 5"'5 ; expanse 54"'2. The larger 

 ones the mir-shikars call Mallang bogla and the smaller ones Torra bogla. 

 They find no difficulty in distinguishing the two varieties, but I have 

 seen too few to form an opinion as to whether they are two species or 

 one. 



(287) H. intermedia.— The Smaller Egret. 

 Blanford, No. 1560 ; Hume, No. 926. 



A dozen or so of this species have been brought in to me by mir-shikars but 

 none in breeding plumage. Native name Patokha bogla. 



(288) Herodias garzetta. — The Little Egret. 

 Blanford, No. 1561; Hume, No. 927. 



Mr. G. Dalgliesh saw a bird of this species in full breeding plumage at Dulsing 

 Serai in August 1900. Three or four have been brought to me by mir-shikars. 

 A couple brought from Fureckeer were in breeding plumage. One a fine male 

 measured — length 26"; wing 11"; tail 4"; tarsus 4""2 ; bill at gcpe 4"4 ; 

 expanse 41". Bill black with base of lower mandible flesh colour tinged with 

 green ; facial skin greenish-yellow ; iris yellow ; tarsus black ; toes dirty-yellow. 

 The dorsal feathers of this species are most valuable. According to the mir- 

 shikars they sell from Rs. 8 to Rs. 15 per tola and those of alba and intermedia 

 from Rs. 8 to Rs. 10. Native name Karchia bogla. 



(28 f J) Bubulcus coromandus.— The Cattle Egret. 

 Blanford, No. 1562 ; Hume, No. 929. 



Very common. I have found them breeding here in August. In one colony 

 which was breeding there were quite as many birds in winter plumage as in 

 the other dress. They assume the breeding plumage in April. Native name 



Surkhia bogla. 



(290) Lepterodius asha. — The Indian Reef-Heron. 

 Blanford, No. 1563 ; Hume, No. 928. 

 A male of this species in the dark plumage, but without the crest, was 

 brought me to-day, the 25th March, from the Benoa Chaur. It was, according 

 to the mir-shikar who brought it, the only one of its kind and was feeding 

 with other egrets. The colours of the soft parta were :—bill reddish-yellow, 

 base of maxilla brown and of lower mandible yellowish-green and flesh 

 colour ; orbital skin dull-green and yellow round the orbits ; iris golden-yellow ; 

 tibia brown also just below the knee on one leg and the greater portion of the 

 tarsus of the other leg of the same colour ; remainder of tarsus of both legs 

 yellowish-green ; toes reddish-yellow above and dirty-yellow beneath. Native 

 name Kala karchia. 



