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to the Otis Julva, " chin white," and " uiider paits dusky yel- 

 lovvish cream colour ;" as they dift'er in all other particulars, the 

 birds cannot be identical; and a reference to a figure of tlie 

 Otis Indica, which is only to be met vviih in J. H.MilIer, con- 

 firms the impression. Col. Sykes believes vvith Major Franklin 

 that the present species has been usually mistaken for the fe- 

 nnale of Otis aiirita. — A correspondent in the Magazine of 

 Natūrai History, No. 16, for November 1830, under the sig- 

 natare of " A Subscriber," page 517, confirms Col. Sykes's 

 opinion, stating that the Churj or ochreous Floriken (small Bus- 

 tard of India) is not tlie Otis Indica {•uihite-chinned Bustard), 

 nor the Otis Bengalensis, nor the black Floriken {Otis aurita) 

 or Leek of Hindostan, 

 Col. Sykes stated the food of the Otis nigriceps and the Otisjidva 

 to be almost exclusively grasshoppers; and he pointed out the 

 absence of a gizzard (the stomach being simple), combined 

 vvith the remarkable shortness of the intestinal canai, scarcely 

 exceeding the length of the body, as distinguishing these birds 

 froin all others that had come under bis observation. 



Ordeii IV. GR.\LLATORES, 7/^. 



Fam. Gruidce, Vigors. — Genus Grūs, Palias. Crane. 



168. Grūs Antigone, Steph., 11. 531. Grūs orientalis Indica, 



Briss., Orn. 5. 378. 7. Kullum of the Mahrattas. 

 Appear in flocks of hundreds in Dukhun during the cold season. 



Fanti. Ardeida, Leach. — Genus Ardea, Auct. 

 Section A. Tarsi long. 



169. ^rrfeoEg-reito, Gmel., 1.629. Ardea Torra,'2t\xck\. Franklin, 



Zool. Proceedings. La Grand Egrette, BufF., Ois. 7. .377. 



PI. Enl. 925. Large ivhite Heron luith yellov: bilL 

 Length, inclusive of tail, 35 to 36 inches: tail 5 A inches. 

 Length of the European bird 42 inches. Irides bright yellow. 

 Solitary. 



170. Ardea Garzetta, Linn , 1. 937. L'Aigrette, BufF., Ois. 7. 372. 



PI. Enl. 901. Little Egret Heron. 

 Length, inclusive of tail, 24; to 25 inches : tail it inches. Length 



of the European bird 24 inches. Irides light yellow. 

 Gregarious. Toes, as in the European bird, yellovvish green or 



apple green, exhibiting a curious contrast to the greenish black 



ofthelegs. 



171. Ardea Asha. Ard. supra ardosiacea, dorso orunnescente ; 



menfo, gulei, linea longitudiiudi jugulari, corpore subtiis, teg- 

 minibusaue caudce itiferioribus albissimis į tegminibns alariim 

 tertiariis albo anguste marginatis. 

 įrišęs dilute flavae. Rostrum corneum. Tarsi vircscenti- 



nigri. Longitudo corporis 20^ unc, caudte Sį. 

 S/ate-colonrcd Heron. 

 A vcrv rarc bird in Dukhun. Has a good dcal the aspcct of 



