606 Additions to the Birds of Luchnow. 



but the fourth is a mucli larger bird^ with a bill quite 

 two inches longer and rather narrower in proportion. Un- 

 fortunately we have not a large series in the local museum, 

 but I do not think that there is any doubt that the above- 

 mentioned bird is P. onocrotalus, or, at any rate, what 

 does duty for that species in India, 



BuTORiDES JAVANicA (Blyth). Little Green Heron. 



This bird, though not included in Reid's list, seems to be 

 not uncommon on the banks of the Goomti. It is always, 

 so far as I have observed, solitary. I fancy that, like other 

 Bitterns, it is more or less nocturnal, for though I have seen 

 it perched on a stone during the middle of the day, it is 

 certainly more often met with as the sun is declining. 



Ardetta sinensis (Blyth). Yellow Bittern. 



I have never actually met with this bird myself, but in 

 March 1899, Mr. B. G. Smithe, when out shooting, obtained 

 a fine specimen (c? ?) in a jheel near Lucknow, which he 

 most kindly sent to me ; it is now in the Museum. I can 

 find no previous record of its having been obtained in these 

 parts. 



Nyroca marila (Linn.). Scaup. 



I have never observed this rare Duck myself, but Major 

 Thompson, R.A.M.C., told me that he had shot one on a 

 jheel near Lucknow at the end of 1898. Unfortunately, 

 not knowing that anyone wanted the skin, he did not preserve 

 it, but he said that he knew the Duck well in Europe, 

 and to make sure he had examined the bird carefully and 

 compared it with descriptions. I think, therefore, under 

 the circumstances, that this occurrence can be taken as 

 authenticated. 



Marmaronetta angustirostris (Reichenb.). Marbled 

 Teal. 



Lieut. Gaine, R.A.M.C, gave me the skin of a Marbled 

 Teal, which he and Captain Faichnie, of the same corps, 

 had obtained near Lucknow. Unfortunately the bird had 

 been skinned down the back by a " kitmutghar '' and cured 



