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the breast and flanks are slaty black, with narrow pale bufl* 

 edges. 



This specimen is now preserved in the British Museum. — 

 J. H. G.] 



Ardea GOLIATH, Tcmm. Goliath Heron. 



This is one of the scarcest Herons here ; it is wonderful 

 the size of the fishes these fellows can swallow ; the one sent 

 had a 2-lb. carp in him. 



211. Ardea cinerea, Linn. Common Heron. 



[The specimen sent was shot 7th April ; it is evidently a 

 young bird which had very recently left the nest.— J. H. G.] 



212. Herodias intermedia (Wagl.) . Short-billed Egret. 

 Female killed 17th June. Total length 28 inches, bill from 



gape 3|, ditto from forehead 3, wing 12^, tarsus 5, tail h\. 



Irides gamboge-yellow ; bill orange-yellow ; bare skin ad- 

 joining the eyes pale greenish yellow; tarsi and feet bluish. 



Female killed 14th September. Total length 27 inches, 

 bill from gape 3^, ditto from forehead 2|, wing llf, tarsus 4^, 

 tail 5^. 



Irides tawny yellow ; bill chrome yellow, darker at the 

 base ; bare skin adjoining the eyes bright verdigris green ; 

 shanks chrome yellow ; tarsi dusky, almost black, except the 

 upper portion, which was chrome yellow. 



[I imagine that this is the species included in Mr. Bar- 

 ratt's list in ' The Ibis ' for 1876, p. 210, under the name of 

 Ardea eyretta, a designation to which I believe it is not cor- 

 rectly entitled. — J. H. G.] 



Herodias garzetta (Linn) . Little Egret. 



Shot 18tli January, not in nuptial dress; irides pale yel- 

 low ; bill dusky, but the under mandible pinkish at the base ; 

 shanks and tarsi dusky black ; feet pale yellowish green. 



Ardeola comata (Pall). Squacco Heron. 



Male, killed 15th January, not in nuptial dress ; irides pale 

 yellow, orange on the outer edge ; bare skin between the eye 

 and the bill, and also the base of the bill, greenish, upper 

 mandible dusky, lower mandible and commissure yellow ; bill 



