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AKDEID^. 



Gen. Ardeola- — Boie. 



Tibia feathered nearly to the knee ; tarsus shorter than in Bubulcus ; 

 toes also shorter. 



Ardeola grayii, Sykes; Gray, III. Ind. Zool. pi. 48. Ardeola 

 leucopteraj Bodd.; P. E. 911 j Jerd. B. Ind. iii. 751 ; Murray, Hdhk., 

 Zool., Sfc, Sind, p. 226. — The Pond Hbeon or Paddy Bird. 



In summer dress the head is greyish or buffy yellow with an elongate 

 white crest ; neck in front, except a fulvous mesial line, back of the 

 neck, and also breast, with the elongated feathers a little paler than the 

 head ; scapular pale greyish brown, elongated dorsal feathers dark 

 maroon, rest of the plumage white ; tarsal plumes fulvous or pale buff; 

 bill yellowish, bluish at the base and tipped black; orbitar skin 

 greenish yellow ; irides bright yellow ; legs and feet dull greenish. 



In winter the crown of the head and nape are dark brown, the 

 feathers with narrow mesial shaft-streaks ; neck behind, on the sides 

 and breast fulvous or pale buff, the feathers edged with dusky brown ; 

 back and scapulars grey brown or pale ashy brown ; lower back, rump, 

 upper and under tail-coverts, also the tail and abdomen pure white ; 

 thigh-coverts fulvous ; primaries white, dark shafted, the outer webs of 

 the iirst three quills and also their tips greyish brown; secondaries 

 pure white ; wing-coverts white, tinged very slightly in some specimens 

 with greyish. 



Length. — 18 to 19 inches, wing 8 to 8"6, tail 3, bill at front 2"5. 



Hah. — Sind and throughout India. Abundant in all moist localities, 

 at the edges of ponds, ditches, marshes and lakes, and especially in rice 

 fields. 



Gen. Bntovides.—Biyth. 



Bill moderately long and stout; tibia feathered nearly to the knee; 

 inner toe short ; head crested. 



Butorides javanica, Horsf. ; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 752 ; Str. F. i. 

 256; ii. 310; iii. 191 ; Murray, Hdbk, Zool, 4ro., Sind, p. 226.— The 

 Little Geben Heeon. 



Forehead and crown glossy black, also the long occiptal crest ; a 

 streak from behind the eye including the ear-coverts white, in some 

 with a fulvescent tinge ; another streak, which is black, below the eye ; 

 back and sides of the neck, also the breast and abdomen greyish 

 brown, ashy brown in some ; chin and a streak down the front of the 

 neck white ; back and scapulars green, the feathers lengthened, lanceo- 

 late and white shafted ; the tertials white edged ; wing-coverts glossy 

 green, edged with pale buff or fulvous; secondaries margined round 

 their tips with yellowish white ; tail dark slaty ; under tail-coverts 

 greyish ; quills dark slaty, narrowly tipped with white ; bill black above, 

 pale yellow beneath ; legs yellowish green. 



