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Genus ARDEOLA, Boie. 



Ardeola ralloides (Scop.). 



Ardea comata, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixix. fig. 9 (1845-54) ; 

 Tristram, Ibis, 1860, p. 163 ; Cowan, Proc. 21. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. 

 p. 149 (1882) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 486, fig. 38 (1884) ; Milne- 

 Edwards $ Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. ii. p. 554, pi. cccv. 

 fig. 10 (1885) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 62, pi. 17. fig. 2 

 (1896). 



Buphus comatus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 59. fig. 4 (1855-63). 



Ardea ralloides, Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 251 (1879). 



Ardeola ralloides, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 202 (1898); id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 201 (1899). 



The eggs of the Squacco Heron vary from 1-45 to 1*65 in length,, 

 and from 1-06 to 1-2 in breadth. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest 



11. Kalarash, Lower Danube, 27th 



May (H. Seebohm). 



5. Hirsova, Lower Danube, 12th June 

 (H. &). 



1. Save River, Servia, 22nd May. 

 5. Astrakhan. 



2. Lake Halloula, Algeria, 12th June 



(H. B. Tristram}. 



2. Lake Halloula, 13th June (H. 



B. T.). 



7. Lake Halloula, June (H. B. T.). 

 1. Zana, Algeria, 6th June (JEf. 



B. T.). 



3. Zana, 9th June (H. B. 7 1 .). 



1. Betsileo, Madagascar ( W. Deans 



Cowan). 



Ardeola grayi (Sykes). 



Ardeola leucoptera, Layard, A. M. N. H. 2nd ser. xiv. p. 112 (1854). 

 Ardeola grayi, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 1150 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 



$ Eggs 2nd. B. iii. p. 248 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 



p. 207 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 201 (1899). 



The eggs of the Indian Squacco Heron measure from T35 to T65- 

 in length, and from 1*1 to 1*25 in breadth. 



2. India. Gould Coll. 



2. India. Hume Coll. 



4. India. Prof. Oldham [P.]. 



3. Himalayan Terai, 10th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Himalayan Terai, llth May. Hume Coll. 



3. Himalayan Terai, 3rd July. Hume Coll. 

 1. Umballa, 1st July. Hume Coll. 



1. Chunar, 4th July. Hume Coll. 



2. Mirzapur, 26th June ( W. E. Brooks : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



4. Lucknow, 21st August. Hume Coll. 

 2. Etawah, 30th July (A. O. Hume). Hume Coll. 



20. Allygurh, July (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



