190 A FIRST LIST OF THE 



mandibles, the anterior three-fourths of gonys, and nearly the 

 whole of the cutting edges, except the gape ; feet, red ; claws, 

 reddish horny.'''' 



923.— Ardea cinerea, Lin. 



Captain Feilden procured this species at Thayetmyo. 



924.— Ardea purpurea, Lin. 



925.— Herodias alba, Lin. ? H. egretta, Gm. t nee 

 Tern. 



929— Bubulcus coromandus, JBodd. 



930.— Ardeola Grayii, Sykes. 



All these species are reported to be common in Thayetmyo by 

 Mr. Oates, the first occurring chiefly in reedy swamps. 



926. — Herodias intermedia, V. Hasselq. 

 927 ?— Herodias garzetta, Lin. 



Besides the above, all of which he enumerates, Captain Feilden 

 says that he also procured these two species in the neighbourhood 

 of Thayetmyo. 



927 Us /—Herodias melanopus, Wagl. 



I have considerable doubts as to the correctness of Captain 

 Feilden' s identification of garzetta. 



Mr. Oates remarks : " If Captain Feilden has rightly identified 

 garzetta, then this is the Heron which breeds in such vast quanti- 

 ties in the Thayetmyo Cantonment. But it cannot well be this 

 bird. 



" I have no skins, but I have careful measurements and de- 

 scriptions of three birds — 



I. $ ; L., 20-5 ; exp., 35-5 ; tail, 3*2; wing, 9'2 ; tar., 3'6. 



II. juv.;„ 20-0; „ 35-2; „ 3"3 ; „ 10-0; „ 3-5. 



III. $; „ 20-3; „ 365; „ 3-4; „ 9-8; ,,365. 



" Bill, 3-02. All three were shot on the 25th August. 



" In I, the bill, face, and iris, bright yellow ; legs and feet, 

 black. 



" In II, much the same as the above ; the bill and face being 

 dull yellow. 



" In III, the bill and face were neither so bright as in the 

 I, nor so dull as in II ; there was also some brown about the 

 nostrils. 



" Plumage of III, which I took to be an adult male, with no 

 signs of immaturity about him. Whole plumage, pure white, 



