THE BIRDS OF THE LUCKNOW CIVIL DIVISION, 75 
924 bis.—Herodias alba, Lin. 
I did not at first recognise the difference between this, the 
White Heron, and the next species, the Indian White Heron, 
but the one appears to be almost as common here as the other. 
Both frequent weedy jhils and marshes and creeks of rivers ; 
but may be met with almost anywhere, especially in well- 
irrigated and cultivated tracts. They roost in trees and make 
their nests thereon. 
925.—Herodias torra, B. Hum. Native name— 
Tar-bagla.* 
See remarks on last species. 
926.—Herodias intermedia, Hass. Native name— 
Karchia-bagla. 
The Little White Heron is also common. It frequents 
the same localities as the last two species, and breeds in colonies 
in trees. 
927.—Herodias garzetta, Lin. Native name— 
Kurchia-bagla. 
The little Egret is a common and permanent resident, and 
frequents the same localities as the preceding species, 
There is another small White Egret with black legs and feet 
(in contradistinction to this species which has the feet yellow) 
which I have noticed, though I find I have no specimens— 
neds Hl. melanopus, which Captain Irby includes in his 
ist. 
929.—Bubulcus coromandus, Bodd. Native 
names—Soorkhia-bagla and Badami-bagla. 
The Cattle Egret is common throughout the year. I found 
it breeding on the 18th August in a village near the Rahimabad 
Railway Station. Two medium-sized tamarind trees were 
literally covered with nests, a few only containing eggs, the 
remainder young in all stages. The nests were made of sticks— 
small platforms, slightly depressed in the centre. 
Average measurement of 12 eggs 1°69 by 1°30 inches, 
Measurement of largestegg ... 175 ,, 1°35 ,, 
Measurement of smallest ege ... 1°66 ,, 1°26 ,, 
* Name applied also to H. alba. ‘ 
+ I have never seen any such bird from Oudh or the North-Western Provinces, and 
it is no use quoting the name applied by Colonel Irby as evidence, because in those 
days when he wrote, the greatest confusion prevailed as to the nomenclature of 
these small White Herons and Egrets—a confusion that even now has not been quite 
cleared up. Captain Irby’s remarks about the breast plumes are not very clear, and 
it does not seem to me at all certain that this bird was really distinct, as he thought, 
from garzetta.—Ed. 
