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plumage yellowish buff with brown 

 mottled streaks on the fore neck, and 

 black on the breast and abdomen." 



Distribution. — Europe through Asia 

 to Japan. It is found all over China, 

 nesting in Fokien and the South and 

 "wintering in the Yangtse Valley. 



The following Herons also occur in 

 the Yangtse Valley. 



Pyrrherodias purpurea (L), Eastern 

 Purple Heron. 



Herodias alba (L), Great Egret. 



Mesophoyx intermedia (Wagl.), Les- 

 ser Egret. 



Egretta garzetta (L), Little Egret. 



Bubulcus coromandus (Bodd.), Cat- 

 tle Egret. 



Dupetor flavicollis (Lath.), Yellow- 

 necked Heron. 



Nannocnus eurythmus (Swinhoe\ 

 Von Schrenk's Little Heron. 



Butorides javanicus (Horsf.), Little 

 Green Heron. 



Family, Ciconildae, The Storks. 



The bill of the Stork is rounded and 

 more or less curved downward. The 

 front toes are connected at the base by 

 a web, but there is no comb on the 

 middle toe nail as in the Herons, which 

 they somewhat resemble. The leg is 

 bare, well up to the thighs. The wings 

 are large, and the short rounded tail is 

 composed of only 10 feathers. In 

 flight the neck is held straight forward 

 and not folded as with the herons. 



Only three members of this family 

 are likely to be met with in the Yang- 

 tse Valley. 



Ciconia nigra (L.), Black Stork. 



