416 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED ON THE NILGHIRIS 
920.-—Dissura episcopa, Bodd. The White-necked 
Stork. 
Saw a pairon a dead tree on the river bank at Manantoddy, 
Wynaad, the only pair I saw during the trip. 
[923.—Ardea cinerea, Lin. The Heron. 
Occurs in S.-W. Mysore. I believe in the very piece of 
water Davison visited.—A. O. H.] 
[924.—-Ardea purpurea, Zin. The Purple Heron. 
One specimen was sent us for identification from somewhere 
about the bases of the Nilgiris.—A. O. H. | 
[927.—Herodias garzetta, Zin. The Little Kgret, 
and 
929.—Bubulcus coromandus, Bodd. The Cattle 
Egret, 
were both contained in a collection made in 8.-W. Mysore.— 
A. 0. H.] 
930.—Ardeola grayi, Syses. The Pond Heron. 
Common through the Wynaad and Mysore in suitable locali- 
ties. Some years ago this species was rare on the Nilghiris, a 
few occurring during the cold weather about the lake at 
Ootacamund, but within the last three or four years it has 
become quite numerous about the marshy banks of the lake. 
I counted thirty in the course of a walk one morning. It is, 
however, only acold weather visitant to the Nilghiris, disappear- 
ing as the breeding season approaches. 
931.-—Butorides javanica, Horsf. The Little Green 
Bittern. 
On several oceasions I met with this bird both in the 
Wynaad and in Mysore, always on the banks of well-wooded 
streams. Iam not aware that it ascends the hills. 
932.—Ardetta flavicollis, Zath. The Black Bittern. 
I have shot this species on the Moyar river immediately 
below Neddivuttum. I have also seen it in the Wynaad. 
Very rarely it ascends the hills. I have once seen a specimen 
killed by a-native shikaree close to Ootacamund. Like many 
of the Herons this species is crepuscular in its habits. 
