Birds of Foochoiv and Sivatow. 489 



At Foochow, during the autumn, small parties, composed 

 of young birds or adults in winter plumage, frequent the 

 paddy-fields and the banks of ponds and creeks. In winter 

 they are found singly about ponds or the banks of creeks. 



/- 201. Ardetta FLAVicoLLis (Lath.). [639.] 



Abundant at Foochow during the summer. Not noticed 



(probably overlooked) at Swatow. 



I did not notice this Heron congregating together for 



breeding purposes, but I believe that they nest here and 



there on large trees not far from the villages. 



-f 202. Ardetta sinensis (Gm.). [642.] 

 Foochow and Swatow in summer. 



■/~^203. Ardetta CTNNAMOMEA (Gm.). [640.] 



Abundant at Foochow in autumn. I did not see it there 



either in the spring or during the summer. I obtained 

 specimens at Swatow in spring. 



-^ 204. Ardetta eurhythma, Swinh. [641.] 

 A few obtained at Foochow in autumn. 



'205. Butorides jAVANicus (Horsf.). [633.] 



Swatow in spring and probably also at Foochow ; but I 

 never obtained any in the latter district, though my shooting- 

 boy told me that he had seen this bird on the marshy 

 islands at the mouth of the River Min. 



/ 206. Nycticorax griseus (Linn.). [634.] 

 Common and resident at Foochow and Swatow. 

 There are many heronries round about Foochow. Gene- 

 rally they are placed near a village, and the natives, pro- 

 bably from some superstitious motive, will not allow them 

 to be interfered with. I once was allowed to visit one of 

 these places, but not until I had promised not to disturb the 

 birds. This heronry was established on a clump of pine- 

 trees which covered a hillock overtopping the village. The 

 nests were placed on the summits of the pines, and numbers 

 of Herons were flying about or sitting on the nests. The 

 species noticed were A^. griseus, Herodias garzetta, and 

 Bubiilcus coromandus. 



