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Astur triyirgatus (Temm.), Oates,' op. cit. vol. ii. p. 177. 

 a. Timing, King Island, 1st Feb. 1882. 



Butastur iNDicus (Gm.), Oates, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 197. 

 a. <S , Mergui, 23rd March, 1882. 



Haliastur indus (Bodd.), Oates, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 201. 

 a. o\ King Island, 24th Feb. 1882. b. $ juv., King Island 

 Bay, 11th Feb. 1882. 



Pernis ptilorhynchtjs (Temm.), Oates, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 207. 



a. S , Elphinstone Island, 14th March, 1882. 



This rare bird was recorded many years ago by Blyth # from 

 Mergui, and more recently by Hume and Davison from Moulmeiu 

 and Amherst. 



Baza lophotes (Cuv.), Oates, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 208. 

 a. S , ElphiDstone Island, 1st March, 1882. 



Ardea stjmatrana, Raffi., Oates, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 244. 

 a. $ , King Island Bay, 19th Feb. 1882. 



I only observed this larae Heron on one occasion, when the 

 extensive mud-flats in King Island Bay were exposed at spring- 

 tide, on which occasion they were visited by about half a dozen 

 of these birds. 



Herodias garzetta {Linn.), Oates, op. cit. voh ii. p. 248. 

 a. Nga Islet, King Island Bay, 18th Feb. 1882. 



Demiegretta sacra (Gm.), Oates, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 250. 



a. <$ , Sullivan Island, 6th Jan. 1882. b. S , King Island, 17th 

 Feb. 1882. c. 6 , King Island Bay, 20th ; d, e. <$ 2 , 26th Feb. 

 1882. 



Common throughout the islands and much frequenting the 

 mud-flats at King Island Bay. 



Butorides javanica (Horsf.), Oates, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 254. 

 a. 2 , b. Imm., Elphinstone Island, 1st; c. <$ , 7th March, 

 1882. 



Alsocomus ptjniceus, Tick., Oates, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 289. 



a, b. S , Nga Islet, King Island Bay, 18th Feb. 1882. 



]S"ga Islet is a small well-wooded island about a quarter of a 

 mile long and 80 feet high, situated at the head of King Island 

 Bay, with some other and similar islands close beside it. These 



* Trans. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xxi. p. 436. 



