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1567. (151). BuTORiDES Javanica. Little Green Heron. 



Oates and Blanford describe this Heron as " less nocturnal than the 

 Bitterns and may occasionally be seen fishing in the day time in shady 

 places." So far as I have seen it, I should call it a most ordinarily dfumal 

 bird, but this perhaps was due to the fact that it was nesting at the time. 



1584. (152). Sabcidiobnis melanoxus. Comb Duck. 

 Nakta. 



1589. (15-^.). Denbkocycna javanioa. Whistling Teal. 

 Chillonia. 



1591. (154). Nettopus cokomandelianus. Cotton Teal. 

 Bhujakiya. 



The first and last of these have steadily defeated every attempt to find 

 their nests, though that they breed here is absolutely certain. The nearest 

 I have got to the Cotton Teal was to find a nest, in a hole in a tree* 

 at Khurai from which the young had recently flown. 



1617. (155). PoDioiPEs ALBiPENNis. * Indian Little Grebe or Dabchick. 

 Charcharia or Pandubi. 



For some reason or other they do not approve of the Saugor lake 

 as a nursery site ; seen there in quantities up to July, they then one and 

 all unobtrusively disappear to other more favoured spots. 



There are one or two other water birds, rails I think more specially, 

 which ought to be included in this list, but which I have at present failed 

 to locate with sufficient certainty. 



