the Lower Yangtse Basin. 493 



230. AlRdetta cinnamomea (Gm.). 



(640.) Met with in springs and common in antumn. No 

 doubt they breed in the district. 



231. Ardetta eurythma^ Swinhoe. 



(641.) Not common^ but appears in May, and perhaps 

 breeds in the Yangtse Valley. 



232. BuTORiDES javanicus (Horsf .) . 



(633.) Appears in May, and again in August and Sep- 

 tember, but I am doubtful about its breeding. 



233. Nycticorax griseus (L.). 



(636.) Nyctiardea nycticorax, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 413. 



A common species and resident, but in March and April 

 a good many travelling parties may be seen. 



234. BOTAURUS STELLARIS (L.). 



(638.) A common winter bird in the marshes and reed- 

 beds, remaining till the middle of April. 



Fam. CicoNiiDiE. 



235. CiCONIA NIGRA (L.). 



(645.) Found all along the Yangtse in winter among the 

 reed districts. More often than not they are seen singly, 

 sometimes two or thi'ee together; they also mingle with the 

 flocks of Common Herons. 



236. Leptoptilus javanicus (Horsf.). 



(643.) Found in July in Kiangsi province by David, but 

 whether in the extreme south or in the Yangtse Valley I 

 know not. 



237. Tantalus leucocephalus, Gm. 



(647.) In the Shanghai Museum is one labelled " Chang- 

 chow,'' between Shanghai and the Yangtse. I believe I have 

 seen it on the river in winter, but too far off to recognize for 

 certain. 



Fam. PLATALEIDyE. 



238. Ibis Nippon, Temm. 



(649, 650.) Uncommon, but found on the river in 



