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Genus HEROD IAS. 

 284. Heeodias alba. 



Ardea alba, L. ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 68 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 325 ; Blanf . East. Persia, 



ii. p. 295 (1876) ; Prjev. in Eowlej^s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 49 (1878) ; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 123. 

 Herodias alba, Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 196 (1876) . 



No. 1275. Kashghar, January 21, 1874.— Orbital skin green ; feet dark brown. 



Dr. Scully observes : — '' In winter this species was more common about Kashghar (where 

 four birds were shot) and Tarkand than Ardea cinerea. It was never seen in spring or 

 summer, having then, it was reported, migrated northwards, towards Aksu, to breed. It 

 frequented marshy places and the banks of small streams, feeding on fish. The Turki name 

 for this species (which Mr. Hume informs me is the large European form and not the Lesser 

 White Heron of India) is ' Ak Ukar; ' White Heron.' " 



Genus ARDETTA. 



285. Aedetta minuta. 



Ardetta minuta (L.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 296 (1873) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 68 

 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 326; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 296 (1876); Bidd. Ibis, 1881, 

 p. 99 ; Scully, t. c. p. 592; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 72, 



Ardeola minuta, Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 71 (1885). ■ 



Nos. 186, 190, 192, 196, 197, ad. Srinagar, July 28, 1873. 



No. 205, ad. Srinagar, July 29, 1873. 



Nos. 212, 251, ad. Srinagar, August 3, 1873.— Length 16*5 inches, wing 5*9, tail 1*9, 

 tarsus 1-65 ; expanse 20*0. Iris bright orange, with a yellow ring round the pupil ; bill 

 brownish above, yellowish green at the sides ; sides of face and eyelids green ; feet 

 green, the soles yellow. Kashmir name '' GoV 



No. 996, young. Yarkand, November 11, 1873. 



Colonel Biddulph says :—'' I only saw it at Srinagar, but never noticed it in Yarkand." 

 Dr. Henderson says that it was excessively common in the lakes and marshes of Kashmir, 

 where it was breeding in June. 



Genus NYCTICORAX. 



286. Nycticohax guiseus. 



Nycticorax griseus (L.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 296 (1873); Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 99- 

 Scully, t. c. p. 592. ' ^ • ^ 



Nyctiardea nycticorax, Gates in Hume^s Nests & Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 258 (1890). 

 According to Dr. Henderson, common in the lower valley of Kashmir. 



