ARDETTA. 6G1 



1358. Ardetta cinnamomea (Gmei.), Jerd., B. ind. Hi. p. 755; 



Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. .Z?. p. 622; Salvad., Ucc. Born. p. 354; Blyth, 

 B.Burm.\>. 160 ; Hume and Dav., Str.F.\\. p. 483; Cripps, Sir. F. vi. 

 p. 308; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 114; Gates, Sir. F. x. p. 243; id., B. Br. 

 Burm. ii. p. 256; Murray, Vert. Zool., Sind, p. 274. Ardea cinnamomea 

 Gmcl., Syst. Nat. I, p. 643. Ardeiralla cinnamomea, Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 

 1162. The CHESTNUT BITTERN. 



Top of head, back and scapulars chestnut, the feathers centred slightly 

 darker ; chin and throat white, with a median chestnut line ; foreneck and 

 breast chestnut, the feathers slightly darker mesially, and the edges of those 

 on the breast fulvous ; a median fulvous line on the foreneck ; thigh coverts 

 also chestnut ; primaries, secondaries and tail dark brown ; wing coverts like 

 the back, but more fulvous ; flanks buffy, the feathers mesially streaked with 

 dusky ; abdomen, vent and under tail coverts white with a fulvous tinge in 

 some ; bill yellow, dusky superiorly ; orbitar skin yellow ; irides yellow ; legs 

 yellowish with a greenish tinge. 



Length. 15 to 16 inches; wing 6; tail 1*75; bill at front r8 to 2 ; tarsus 

 1-9 to 2. 



In immature plumage the upper parts, wing coverts, scapulars, neck in 

 front and breast, also the thigh coverts reddish brown, or slightly darker, the 

 feathers of the back and breast margined from ferruginous buff to fulvous. 



Hab. Sind, and nearly throughout India, Ceylon and Burmah and Malayana. 

 Breeds in July and August, nesting on the ground at the edges of swamps 

 or on the small embankments between the paddy fields. Eggs, generally six 

 in number, dull white in colour. 



1359- Ardetta sinensiS, Gmel., Syst. Nat. \. p. 642 ; Jerd., B. 

 Ind. ii. p. 755 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 623; id., Str. F. i.p. 308; ii. 

 p. 311; iii. p. 193; Salvad., Ucc. Born. p. 354; Blyth, B. Burm. p. 160; 

 Legge, B. Ceylon^. 1156 ; Gates, Str. F. x. p. 243 ; Kelham, Ibis, 1882, 

 p. 196 ; Murray, Vert. Zool., Sind, p. 274 ; Gates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 257. 

 The LITTLE YELLOW BITTERN. 



Top of head cinnamon rufous, the feathers centred broadly with black, 

 giving it quite a black appearance ; neck behind, back, scapulars, tertiaries and 

 wing coverts deep cinnamon-rufous, the feathers margined with fulvous or 

 bright buff ; primaries and secondaries, greater wing coverts and tail black ; 

 edge of wing and under wing coverts fulvous white ; chin and throat white, 

 with a median buff line; sides of the breast deep brown, margined with buff; 

 breast bright buff, margined paler ; abdomen, vent and under tail coverts buffy 

 white ; legs yellowish green ; bill pale yellow, brownish superiorly. 



Length. 13 inches; wing 5-25 ; tail 175 ; bill at front 2; tarsus 17 to 

 r8 ; mid-toe I inch. 



