698 AVES. 



At the latter locality this species was occupying a large tree along with 

 S. garzetta and H. egrettoides. It is very common in the Sanda valley, hut I did 

 not observe it at Momien. 



FsLmilj—PLOTIDM 



Genus P LOTUS, Linn. 



226. Plottjs MELANoaASTEE, Eorster. 



AnUnga melanogaster, Forst., Ind. Zool.^ p. 22, pi. xii, 1781. 



Plotus melanogaster, Gm., Syst. Nat., t. i, p. 580, 1788; Lath., Ind. Ornith., vol. ii, p. 865, 1790 ; 

 Horsf., Tr. Zool. Soc, vol. xiii, p. 198, 1821 ; Raffles, t. c, p. 330; Gray, List, Grall^B, &c., 

 B.M., p. 181, 1846; id., Gen. B., iii, p. QQ, 1848; Blyth, Cat. B., Mus. As. Soc, Bengal, 

 p. 299, 1849; Bonap. Consp., t. ii, p. 181, 1855 ; ScH., M. P.-B., Pelecani, p. 26, 1863 ; Jerdon, 

 B. Ind., vol. iii, p. 865, 1864; Gray, Handl. B., vol. iii, p. 125, 1871 ; Walden, Tr. Zool! 

 Soc, vol. viii, p. 106, 1872 ; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 289; Adam., t. c, p. 403; Ball, 

 Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 440 ; Hume, t. c, p. 484; Salvad., Ucc. Born., p. 367, 1874 ; Hume, 

 Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 661, 1874; id.. Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 194; Blyth & Walden' 

 Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, ex. No., p. 165, 1875 ; Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc, vol. ix, p. 247, 

 1875; Butler & Hume, Stray Feathers, 1876, pp. 34, 35; Fairbank, t. c, p. 264; Hartl., 

 Ibis, 1877j p. 335 ; Gates, Stray Feathers, 1877, p. 170. 



Plotusnov(B-hoUandm,(aovldL,VioQ.Zoo\.^oQ., 1847, p. 34; id., B. Austr., vii, pi. Ixxv, 1848- 

 Gray, Gen. B., vol. iii, p. 664, pi. 184, 1848; Bonap., Consp. Av., t. ii, p. 181, 1855; Gould' 

 Handb. B., Austr., vol. ii, p. 496, 1865; Pelz., Reis. Nov. Yog., p. 156, 1865; Gray, HandL 

 B., vol. iii, p. 125, 1871. 



a. Bhamo, 6th February 1868. 



In Pehruary I ohserved a large flock of this hird roosting on a high tree 

 overlooking the Irawady. At other times I ohserved many isolated hirds. 



Familj—AJS/ATID^. 



Genus Anser, Linn. 

 227. Anseh indicus, Lath. 



Barred-headed Goose, Lath., Gen. Syn. Suppl., p. 277, 1787. 



Anasindica, Lath., Ind. Orn., vol. ii, p. 839, 1790. 



Anser tmdulatus,'Bomi. Qt.NidW.y Enc Meth., t. iii, p. 114, 1823. 



J%5^r m^^■c?w, Steph. Gen. Zool., volf xii, pi. ii, p. 36, 1824; Gould, Cent. Himal. B., pi. Ixxx, 

 1832; Eyton, Monogr. Anat., p. 90, 1838; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. iii, p. 782, 1864; Schl., 

 Mus. P.-B. Anseres, p. 114,1866; Gray, Handl. B., vol. iii, p. 75, 1871; Hume, Stray 

 Feathers, 1873, p. 260 ; Adam., t. c, p. 401 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 636, 1873 ; 

 Hume, Stray Feathers, 1876, pp. 27, 40 ; id., p. 499 ; Dresser, Ibis,' 1876, p. 419, 



Anser skorniakovi, Severtzoff, Turkest. Jevotn., 1873, p. 419. 



E'lUaheia indicus, Ball, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 436. 



a. t Tsitkaw, March 1868. 



