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[Common in the Dibrugarh district in wet meadows and 

 jheels, but nowhere numerous. 



Male.— Length, 370; expanse, 530; tail, 690; wing, 13-80; 

 tarsus, 6-50 ; bill from gape, 5-40. (1-6-1880.) 



Legs and feet black ; bill orange yellow ; irides golden yellow ; 

 orbital skin greenish yellow. — J. R. C.] 



It is Common all over British Burmah. 



926. — Herodias intermedia, Hass. 



Pretty common all over the Manipur basin about all jheels 

 and good sized ponds, and here and there on streams, but 

 extremely numerous about the Logtak lake. 



I have received this from N.-E. Cachar and I observed it 

 myself in many places in both Sylhet and Cachar, but I know 

 nothing yet certainly of its distribution in Assam. 



[Rather uncommon in Dibrugarh. For every one of this 

 species that one comes across, twenty of H. garzetta are seen.— 

 J. R. C] 



In British Burmah I only know for certain of the occurrence 

 of this species in Pegu, where Mr, Gates says it is generally, 

 though sparsely, distributed. 



927. — Herodias garzetta, Lin. 



This species was very common everywhere about the 

 Manipur basin. 



I observed it also wherever I went in Sylhet and Cachar, 

 and I have also received it from Northern Sylhet and N.-E. 

 Cachar. Again I have it from Tippook in Eastern Dibrugarh, 

 but this is all I hno2v of its distribution in Assam. 



[Very common, and a permanent resident in Dibru- 

 garh.— J. R. C] 



It is generally distributed throughout the more level por- 

 tions of Burmah, though scarce immediately along the sea 

 coast, and more common in Pegu than elsewhere. 



929.— Bubulcus coromandus, Bodd. 



In Manipur, as elsewhere, this species is common in the 

 meadows, especially about the herds. 



It is common in Sylhet, and I also twice observed it in 

 Cachar, but here it seemed less common. I have also received 

 it from Joonkotollee in Dibrugarh, b.ut I have no further 

 knowledge of its distribution in Assam. 



[This too is very common and a permanent resident in Dibru- 

 garh. In winter the legs of this species are black ?— J. R. C] 



