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coverts and tail, black; the wing-coverts tipped with white; re- 
mainder of the wing blackish-brown ; throat and all the under surface 
white ; bill black, becoming lighter at the base; feet olive-brown. 
Total length, 83 inches; bill, 1}; wing, 33; tail, 33; tarsi, 14. 
Female.—Crown of the head, crest, upper surface of the body, 
wings and tail, chestnut ; throat and chest white, passing into the 
mingled grey and sandy-red of the flanks; feathers clothing the 
thighs rusty-red tipped with white ; bill blackish-brown ; feet olive- 
brown. 
Hab. River Ucayali in Peru; I have also received examples from 
Bogota. I must remark, however, that the specimens from the latter 
locality are somewhat smaller than those from Peru. 
8. THAMNOPHILUS HYPERYTHRUS, Gould. 
Crown and sides of the head, all the upper surface and tail, slaty- 
black ; wings brownish-black, with a spot of white at the tip of each 
of the coverts, forming three semicircular rows across the wing ; 
chin, breast and abdomen rich dark chestnut-red, gradually blend- 
ing on the flanks and vent into the dark hue of the upper surface ; 
bill black ; feet olive-brown. 
Total length, 7 inches; bill, 1 ; wing, 33; tail, 23; tarsi, 1. 
Hab. Chamicurros in Peru. 
Remark.—lI believe the above to be the description of a female. 
2. Notes ON THE Hasits OF SOME INDIAN Birps. 
By Lieut. Burcess. Part IX. 
Genus ARDEA. 
Subgenus Eererra (Swainson). 
ArpEA CaspoGa. CatrLe Heron. 
This active little Heron is abundant in the Deccan, and, as its 
name implies, is a constant attendant on cattle, running about amongst 
them, and picking off the flies that settle on them. I give the fol- 
lowing from my note-book on their habits :—‘‘ Towards the end of 
November I observed a number of the common small White Heron 
feeding near some cattle, and the same day twenty or thirty others, 
and there were probably more feeding in fields of the toor plant; 
they appeared to be picking up food from the ground, and were in 
constant motion, frequently taking short flights from one part of 
the field to the other. I observed the same birds next morning 
sitting on a banian tree within the walls of a village; they quite 
whitened the top of the tree with their numbers. 
** Ist May, 1848.—Observed that the small White Heron has at 
this season of the year the fawn-coloured neck, and also that the 
long feathers falling over the breast are fawn-coloured. 
“12th May.—Saw numbers of the small White Heron feeding 
amongst the sheep and along the grass plain at Khoonthephi. 
