492 Mr. F. W. Styan on the Birds of 



I infer that they breed not far off. By the middle of July great 

 numbers of young birds appear, fully grown, but with yellow 

 bills and no dorsal plumes. On one half-flooded island I 

 have seen hundreds. A bird shot on 21st April had a yellow 

 bill and plumes only just developing. As noted by Mr. Gates 

 (B, of Brit. Burm. ii. p. 247), individuals of very large size 

 occur occasionally. The following measurements are taken 

 from one shot at Kiukiang, 6th December : — 



Length 46 inches; wing 18; bill to gape 6^ (yellow); 

 culmen 5j ; tarsus 9. 



224. Herodias intermedia, Wagl. 



(629.) " Hankow" {Sivmhoe) . A specimen in the Shanghai 

 Museum dated April has plumes fully grown. Not a common 

 bird, I fancy, but no doubt often mistaken in the field for the 

 following species. 



225. Herodias garzetta (L). 



(630.) A common bird, some remaining throughout the 

 winter. I have seen them even when deep snow was on the 

 ground, when they were almost invisible. Being clothed in 

 white myself, the birds could make nothing of me, and refused 

 to do more than just move out of my way. 



226. BuBULCus coROMANDUs (Bodd.). 



(632.) Arrives in April in fine russet plumage, but is 

 most plentiful on autumn migration in September and 

 October. 



227. Ardeola prasinosceles, Swinhoe. 



(635.) Breeds plentifully in the district. Most of them 

 leave by October, but I met with two near Kahing on 

 Christmas Day, and one on the following day. 



228. x\rdetta flavicollis (Lath.). 



(639.) Very common in summer, nesting in June and 

 July in the copses on low hills among the lakes and paddy- 

 fields. 



229. Ardetta sinensis (Gm.). 



(642.) Abundant between April and the end of Sep- 

 tember. 



