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BUTORIDES SPODIOGASTER Sharpe. 



Bvioi'ides spodiogaster Sharpe, Bull. Brit. (>ni. Cliil), III, 1894, p. xvii (Aiula- 

 raans and Nicobars). 

 "Common in the mangroves everywhere" throug-hout the Nicol)ars. 

 An immature female was collected on Little Nicobar. This individual, 

 which is full grown, measured 450.5 nuu. in the flesh, 



ARDETTA SINENSIS (Gmelin). 

 [Ardea] .s/nfns/.'; Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, Ft. 2, 1788, j). 642 (China), 

 An adult female from Trinkut, 

 "Iris, yellow;" length, 381 mm. 



ARDETTA CINNAMOMEA (Gmelin). 

 [AiyJca] ci n ))(imomea GMEhis, Syst. Nat., 1, I't. 2, 1788, ]>. 643 (China). 

 One adult female, obtained in Kamoi'ta. 

 "Iris, yellow;" length, 387 mm. 



Family ANATID.E, 



DENDROCYGNA JAVANICA (Horsfield). 



Anas javanicd Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., XIII, Pt. 1, May, 1821, p. 

 199 (Java). 

 A pair obtained in Kamorta, where they were found in a small jheel. 

 "Iris, dark brown; ej^elids, yellow." 



