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to the Otis fulva, " chin white," and " under pails dusky yel- 

 lowish creanri coh)ur ;" as they differ in all other particulars, the 

 birds cannot be identical: and a reference to a figure of the 

 Otis Indica, which is only to be met with in J. H. Miller, con- 

 firms the impression. Col. Sykes believes with Major Franklin 

 that the present species has been usually mistaken for the fe- 

 male of Otis aiirita. — A correspondent in the Magazine of 

 Natural History, No. 16, for November 1830, under the sig- 

 nature of " A Subscriber," page 517, confirms Col. Sykes's 

 opinion, stating that the Churj or ochreous Floriken [small Bus- 

 tard oi India) is not the Otis Indica (tvhile-chinned Bustard), 

 nor the Otis Bengalensis, nor the black Floriken ( Otis aurita) 

 or Leek of Hindostan. 

 Col. Sykes stated the food of the Otis nigriceps and the Otis fulva 

 to be almost exclusively grasshoppers; and he pointed out the 

 jibsence of a gizzard (the stomach being simple), combined 

 with the rensarkable shortness of the intestinal canal, scarcely 

 exceeding the length of the body, as distinguishing these birds 

 from all others that had come under his observation. 



Order IV. GRALLATORES, ///. 



Fam. Gruidce, Vigors. — Genus Grus, Pallas. Crane. 



168. Grus Antigone, Steph., 11. 531. Grus orientalis Indica, 



Briss., Orn. 5. 378. 7. Kullum of the Mahrattas. 

 Appear in flocks of hundreds in Dukhun during the cold season. 



Fam. Ardeidce, Leach.— Genus Ardea, Auct. 

 Section A. Tarsi long. 



169. ArdeaEgretta,Gme\,,l.Q29. Ardea Torr a, Buch. Franklin, 



Zool. Proceedings. La Grand Egrette, Buff., Ois. 7. 377. 

 PI. Enl. 925. Large white Heron tvith i/elloio bill. 

 Length, inclusive of tail, 35 to 36 inches : tail 5 ,V inches. 

 Length of the European bird 4-2 inches. Irities bright yellow. 



Solitary. . ^ ^ .-.. _ „^^ 



170 Ardea Garzetfa, Linn , 1. 937. L' Aigrette, Buff, Ou-. 7. 372. 

 PI. Enl. 901. Little Egret Heron. ., . , 



Lensth, inclusive of tail, 24. to 25 inches : tad 4 inches. Length 



of the European bird 24 inches. Indes light yellow. 

 Gregarious. Toes, as in the European bird, yellowish green or 

 apple green, exhibiting a curious contrast to the greenish black 



l"! "ardea Asha. Aril, supra ardosiacea, dorso brunnescente ; 



' ' menlo odd, linea longitudinali jugulari, corpore subtus, teg- 



minibutque caudcE inferioribus albissimis ; tegmimbus alarum 



tertiariis albo anguste marginatis. rj. ■ • 



hides dilute flavae. Rostrum corneum. larst virescenti- 



nigri. Longitudo corporis 20| unc, caudcE 3f. 

 Slate-coloured Heron. j , , , . c 



A vcrv rare bird in Dukhun. Has a good deal the aspect ol 



