434 AVIFAUNA OF CHOTA NAGPUE. 



remarked in domesticated specimens of C. alba, of putting its 

 head back and clapping its bill. 



AUBEIBM. 



255.— Ardea cinerea, Lin. (923.) 



The Blue Heron is not common but is found throughout. 

 Is our Indian bird absolutely identical with the European ? I 

 have examined both, and my impression is that they differ in 

 size, if in nothing else, the European bird being the larger. I 

 have not, however, had an opportunity of comparing them side 

 by side. I have observed too the fact recorded by Dr. Jerdon 

 that the Indian birds are less gregarious in their habits. 



256.— Ardea purpurea, Lin. (924.) 



The Purple Heron is found throughout. It is a very wary 

 bird, and is always the first to leave a jheel or tank on the 

 approach of danger. 



257.— Herodias alba, Lin. (925.) 



Not very common, but I have no notes regarding it, and do 

 not remember ever having shot it. Like other u Paddy birds" 

 it enjoys a certain immunity in this respect. 



258.— Herodias intermedia, V. Hasselq. (926.) 



Common enough, as is also the next, I believe, in the well- 

 watered parts in the east of the Division. Bare in the west. 



259— Herodias garzetta, Lin. (927.) 



See remarks on last species. 



260— Bubulous coromandus, Bodd. (929.) 



The Cattle Egret occurs in all parts of the Division. One 

 which I shot early in the day on the 24th March 1867 con- 

 tained in its stomach 60 whole grasshoppers and other orthopte- 

 rous insects, besides which there was an equal bulk of semi- 

 digested heads and legs, so that this bird had breakfasted on 

 about 120 grasshoppers. 



261.— Ardeola leucoptera, Bodd. (930.) 



Common in all parts of the Division. 



