404 Lieut. W. V. Lcgge on the Birds of the 



recorded in my notes on this locality for 187.2. The above 

 species were all breeding near Tissa Maha llama when I 

 was there in March 1872 ; with the exception of N. griseus, 

 they consorted together, having their nests on the same 

 trees; H. alba, however, was breeding, as well, with Tan- 

 talus leucocephalus and Platalea leucorodia. 



118. BUTORIDES JAVANICA, Horsf. 



119. Ardetta FLAVicoLLis (Lath.). 



120. Ardetta SINENSIS (Gmelin). 



121. Ardetta cinnamomea (Gmelin). 



I met with all these Herons in various localities suited to 

 their habits. I saw but one example of ^. flavicollis, in March 

 1872, and one or two of A. sinensis at the small tank near 

 Tissa Maha Rama, mentioned below. Butorides javanica 

 was inadvertently omitted from my paper in ' The Ibis ' for 

 1874, p. 30. It is tolerably common on the banks of the 

 Gindurah, skulking under the bushes at the edge of the water, 

 and is consequently Yery difficult to procure, unless shot from 

 a boat. 



122. Anastomus oscitans (Bodd.). 



123. Tantalus leucocephalus, Forst. 



124. Platalea leucorodia, Linn. 



125. Threskiornis melanocephalus (Linn.). 



126. Falcinellus igneus (Gm.). 



These five species I found breeding near Tissa Maha Rama 

 at a small tank, called Udinila, in March 1872. Emmerson 

 Tennent well describes a visit to one of the great breeding - 

 colonies, which are to be found in the wildest parts of our 

 beautiful forest. No scene could be more interesting to a 

 naturalist, or any lover of nature, than that which I was wit- 

 ness to at this tank in March 1872. 



It was just day-dawn as I made my way through long 

 grass, up to my waist, across a dried marsh, and came in sight 

 of a tank, studded with huge and formidably thorned trees. 

 Troops of tall white Herons, gaunt '' Shell-eaters/' awkward 



