RANGOON DISTRICT OF THE IRRAWADDY DELTA. 349 
in one of these jheels near Elephant Point on the 31st Decem- 
ber. It measured in the flesh :— 
Length, 11:5; expanse, 20°5; tail from vent, 1°75; wing, 
6°35 ; tarsus, 2°5; bill from gape, 1°4; hind toe and claw, 3:4. 
Irides, dark brown ; the shield and cere extending down as far 
as the nares, greenish olive ; bill, greenish, shading into reddish 
white at base and gape; legs and feet, dull dusky green. 
Another male bird in what Mr. Oates considers to be the 
plumage of the young bird in its second spring was shot near 
the same locality on the 20th February, and the following 
particulars were recorded in the flesh :— 
Length, 11:45; extent, 2°22; tail from vent, 1°8; wing, 
6°7 ; tarsus, 2°45 ; bill from gape, 1:4; hind toe and claw, 3:1. 
This specimen is well advanced in the transition stage 
from the light to the dark plumage. The rufous of the head 
has been almost entirely replaced by deep metallic green 
concolorous with the back of the neck, and amongst the buff 
feathers on the side of the neck numerous dark green feathers 
have begun to make their appearance, but no change what- 
ever has as yet taken place in the under parts. 
It may be worth while remarking that the dimensions record- 
ed of this specimen very considerably exceed those given by 
Mr. Oates for young males measured by him, and in some par- 
ticulars are greater even than the dimensions of the adult male 
in black plumage, as recorded by that gentleman. (See “ Stray 
Freatuers,” Vol. III, p. 184.) 
913.—Hypoteenidia striata, Lin. 
I only saw this species in marshy ground in the vicinity of 
Syriam, where it was decidedly scarce. A male specimen shot 
on the 16th February measured in the flesh :— 
Length, 10:3; expanse, 16-2; tail from vent, 1°8 ; wing, 4°75 ; 
tarsus, 1°47; bill from gape, 1-7. 
The irides were of a light yellowish brown ; upper mandible, 
dusky brown, except at the gape where it was orange; lower 
mandible, orange, shading into dusky brown for its terminal 
third; legs and feet, plumbeous green. 
929.—Bubulcus coromandus, Bodd. 
The Cattle Egret was met with in great abundance throughout 
the entire district. It frequented the mangrove swamps and 
tidal jungle lying between Elephant Point and China-Ba-keer, 
perching, as a rule, upon the low mangroves and other bushes in 
those localities. It was also very abundant at a considerable 
distance from the shore, probably attracted by the herds of 
buffaloes, a large number of which are kept for agricultural 
purposes by almost every Burman in that region, and which, 
