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It is sparingly distributed where the country is suitable 

 to it throughout British Burmah. 



[922. — Ardea fusca, Bly. 



The only one I saw was on the 28th February 1879, above 

 Nigriting in Golaghat, Assam. We were steaming up the 

 Brahmaputra, and the bird was sitting at the water's edge under 

 the shade of a huge tree. I never again noticed it. — J. R. C] 



923.— Ardea cinerea, Lin. 



Very scarce in most parts of Manipur and even at the 

 Logtak lake, where there were a good number, there were 

 certainly not more than one of this species to every twenty of 

 the Purple Heron. 



I observed this species in Sylhet and in the westernmost 

 portions of Cachar, but I have as yet no further record of its 

 occurrence in Assam, Sylhet or Cachar. 



[Rather scarce in Dibrugarh. This species clings more to 

 well-wooded and small river banks than swamps. — J. R. C] 



In British Burmah this species is very locally distributed. 

 In parts of Arakan, the plains of Lower Pegu, and the plains 

 of Tenasserim between the Sittang and the Sal ween, it is 

 common at one season or another. Elsewhere in Tenasserim 

 we only saw a few about the Pakchan at the extreme south, 

 and in Upper Pegu it is scarce. 



924.— Ardea purpurea, Lin. 



Though seldom seen elsewhere, this species was extremely 

 common about Lake Logtak. 



I observed it in both Sylhet and Cachar, and had previously 

 received it from the latter, but I as yet know nothing of 

 its distribution in Assam. 



[Pretty common in reedy swamps in Dibrugarh, where they 

 are permanent residents. — J. R. C] 



It is very common, especially about reedy swamps, in 

 Arakan and Pegu, but very sparingly distributed, and in the 

 plains portion only, in Tenasserim. 



925.— Herodias torra, B.-Ham. 



I observed a very few of this species at the Logtak lake, but 

 saw it nowhere else in Manipur. 



I did not myself notice it, nor have I as yet any record of 

 its occurrence in Cachajr, Sylhet or Assam. 



