2g3 ARDEIDy^E. 



ffab.—^ouihern Tenasserim from Mergui to Bankasoon, Recorded also 

 from Arracan. 



207. Ardea insigniS {Hodgso7i), Jerd., B. Ind. iii. p. 740 ; Hume, 

 Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. l6o ; id., Str. F. vi. p. 471 ; Murray, Avif. Br. 

 Ind. ii. p. 652, No. 1344. Ardea fusca, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xviii. p. 73.— The 

 Dusky Grey Heron, 



General plumage dusky cinereous, with a crest of a few narrow ashy 

 feathers, the longest about 7*8 inches ; quills and tail dark slaty ; sides of 

 the head and neck slightly tinged with rufous ; elongated breast plumes fine 

 silvery grey, edged with dusky at the base ; rest of lower parts mingled ashy 

 and rufous ; scapulars elongated, lanceolate and tipped with silvery grey. Bill 

 dusky above, yellow at the gape and bottom of lower mandible; feet dark 

 greenish grey. 



Length. — 46 inches ; wing 19 ; tail 6-5 ; bill at front 7 ; tarsus 7 ; standing 

 height about 42 inches; hind toe and claw 4*5 inches. 



IJah. — N.-E. Bengal, the Sikkim Terai, Assam, and Arracan, extending to 

 Malayana. 



208. Ardea cinerea, z/««., Syst. Nat. \. p. 235 ; Naum, Vogt. 



t. 220; Gould, B. Eur. pi. "274; Jerd., B. hid. iii. p. 741 ; Hume, Sir. 

 F. i. p. 253; Murray, Hdbk., ZooL, cjr., Sind, p. 226; \id., Avif. Br. 

 Ind. ii. p. 652, No. 134S ; Hume, Nests and Eggs Jnd. B. p. 610; Dresser ^ 

 B. Eur.\\. ^. 217, pi.; Oates, B. Br. Burm. \\. p. 245. — The Common 

 Heron. 



Ardea cinerea. 



