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264. Ciconia alba (Belon). 



A winter visitor on the rivers of the Punjab ; not common, having 

 only seen one specimen on the Chenab. 



265. Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus). 



Shot a female on the Jhelum River, in the Vale of Cashmere. I 

 did not see it elsewhere. 



266. Ciconia leucocephala (Gmelin). 



I procured a specimen of this near Poonah, and observed it (what 

 was doubtless the same species) on the wing on the river Indus. 



267. Ardea cinerea (Linnaeus). 



Common in the Deccan, Indus, and rivers of Punjab. Plentiful 

 in the Valley of Cashmere. There is a large heronry in the cele- 

 brated Shalimar Garden, where the bird is preserved by the present 

 ruler on account of its feathers, which furnish the plumes for the 

 turbans of the royal princes of Cashmere. 



268. Herodias alba (Linnaeus). 

 Indus river, seen only on the wing?. 



269. Herodias bubulcus (Savigny). 



Common on the marshes and in the rice-fields of the Deccan. 



270. Ardea comata, Pallas. 

 Squacco Heron. 



Generally distributed over the lakes and yeels of the Punjab. 



271. Botaurus stellaris (Linnaeus). 



A winter visitor in the Punjab, and all the year in Cashmere. 



272. Ardetta minuta (Linnaeus). 



Less common than the last, and perhaps only found during the 

 cold months in the geels and lakes of the Punjab. 



273. Rallus striatus (Linnaeus). 

 Punjab, pretty common in winter. 



274. Rallus indicus, Blyth ; J. A. S. xviii. p. 820. 

 Punjab during the winter months, common. 



275. Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus). 

 N. W. India and Cashmere, common. 



276. Fulica atra, Linnaeus. 



Lakes and fens of the Punjab and Cashmere, common. Resident 

 in the above-mentioned localities during the year. 



