350 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE EASTERN OR 
when let out to graze, were almost invariably accompanied by 
a considerable party of these birds. The following is a resumé of 
the dimensions of numerous specimens recorded in the flesh :— 
Length, 19:2 to 20:2; expanse, 32 to 34:5; tail from vent, 
3°2 to 3°6; wing, 9°3 to 9°9; tarsus, 3°3 to 3:7; bill from gape, 
3°4 to 3°45; mid-toe and claw, 3:1 to 3°15. 
Jrides, yellowish white ; orbital skin, pale yellowish green ; 
bill, yellow with a greenish tinge at the base; legs and feet, 
black ; mid-toe claw, pectinated on inner margin. 
930.—Ardeola Grayii, Sykes. 
This species was extremely common and abundant in every 
nullah and creek near the mouth of the Rangoon river as well 
as all along the shore intervening between Elephant Point and 
China-Ba-keer. They frequented the mud flats when the tide 
was low, and generally at high water resorted to the mangroves 
bordering the shore or neighbouring nullahs. Male birds appear 
to be somewhat larger than the females. A fine specimen mea- 
sured in the flesh :— 
Length, 15:2; expanse, 25°75; tail from vent, 2:9; wing, 
8°65; tarsus, 2°3; bill from gape, 3:2. 
Females.—Lenegth, 14°25 to 14:6; expanse, 23:2 to 23°8; 
tail from vent, 2°55 to 2°65; wing, 7°55 to 7:6; tarsus, 1:9 to 
2-2; bill from gape, 3°1 to 3°15. 
937.—Nyctiardea nycticorax, Lin. 
The night Heron is undoubtedly rare. 
I only met with a single specimen which I shot in the upper 
branches of a large tree over-hanging anullah near Elephant 
Point. It was a male, and measured in the flesh:— 
Length, 23; expanse, 40°6; tail from vent, 4; wing, 11°5; 
tarsus, *3; bill from gape, 4:1. 
The irides were rich crimson; upper mandible, dusky black, 
irregularly blotched near the base with greenish ; basal half 
of lower mandible, greenish horny, terminal half dusky black ; 
legs and feet, light ochrish yellow; claws, horny black. 
980.—Larus brunneicephalus, Jerd. 
This Gull, which was the only species met with, swarmed 
at the mouth of the Rangoon river, and about China-Ba-keer, 
and was also present in abundance throughout the intervening 
district. Specimens measure in the flesh :— 
Length, 17 to 18°2; expanse, 38°75 to 44°25 ; tail from vent, 
48 to 5:2; wing, 12-4 to 13; tarsus, 1°75 to 2; bill from gape, 
2°15 to 2°25. 
Irides, white; bill, orange red, tipped and margined with 
dusky; legs and feet, red. 
