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Genus Bubidcus (Bonap,, 1854.) 



274 Hume, Cat. No. 929 ; Blanf. No. 1562, BuBULCUS coromandus (Bodd.).~ 

 The Cattle Egret. 



Exceedingly common. 



Genus Ardeola (Boie, 1822.) 

 Native name- Hume, Cat. No. 929 ,• Bhmf. No. 1565. Ardeola grayi (Sykes).— The 

 Gai-bogla. Po„j Heron, 



275 The commonest species of this family. 



Genus B utor ides {Bljth, 1849,) 



^^ . Hume Cat. No. 931 : Blanf. No. 1567. Butorides javanica (Horsf.). — 



Native name — ^, • • ./ \ j 



Kana-bogla. 'J he Little Green Bittern, 



276 Fairly common near well-wooded streams. I have several tinifs shot it 

 far in dense jungle. 



Genus Nycticorax (Rafin,, 1815,) 

 Hume, Cat. No. 937 ; Blanf .J^o. 1568. Nycticorax griseus (Linn,), — The 

 Night Heron. 



277 Very rare here, I once shot a couple at dusk, but that is the only time I 

 ever saw any, Mr, Primrose came across a colony of them either near the 

 Bagh-o'-Bjhar or Iringmara Tea Estates in the Chutla Bheel. 



Genus Ardetta (Gray, 1842.) 



278 Hume, Cat. No. 934 ; Blanf., No. 1571. Ardetta sinensis (Gmel.). — The 

 Yellow Bittern, 



A rare bird. A single specimen shot at Rupacherra during a flood, I have 

 had a pair sent to me by Mr. Primrose from the adjoining district, the 

 Chutla Bheel, 



279 Hwne, Cat. No. 933 ; Blanf. , No. 1572. Ardetta cinnamomea (Gmel.). 

 — The Chestnut Bittern, 



Nat'vp namF— Very common. It is often flushed from the drain that runs through the 

 Li(l-bo2;.a. ^^.^ j have taken its eggs in July, 



Genus Dupetor (Heine and Reuhen,, 1890,) 



280 Hume, Cat. Nj. 962 ; Blanf., No. 1513. DapEroR flavicollis. (Lath,). — 

 The Black Bittern, 



Rather uncommon, I have shot it during the day in a stream, on one bank 

 of which was dense jungle and on the other cultivated land. iMcst of the birds 

 I have seen, however, have been in dense jungle, far away from the open. 

 Order Anserrs. 

 Family Anatidae. 

 Sub-Family Anserince. 

 Genus Anser (Brisson, 1760,) 

 281 Hume, Cat. No. 945 ; Blanf., No. 1579. Anser ferus (Schaefl:,),— The 



Grey Lag Goose, 

 Native name— A female was shot by my collectmg coolie, with a charge of S. G., in a 

 ]- ana. pjj^fiy ggjfi near our polo ground at Rupacherra. 



