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Catalogue of Ceylon Birds. 



Ardea asha, Sykes. 

 Ardea intermedia, Wagler. 

 Ardea garzetta, Linn. 

 Ardeola leucoptera, Bodd. 

 Ardeola bubuleus, Savig. 

 Herodias alba, Linn. 

 Ardetta cinnamomea, Ghnel. 

 Ardetta flavicolis, Lath. 

 Ardetta thalassina? Swains, 

 Ardetta sinensis, Gmel. 

 Platalea leucorodia, Linn. 

 Nycticorax griseus, Linn. 

 Tigrisoma melanolopha, Baffles. 

 Butorides Javanica, Horsf. 



b. 



Mycteria australis, Lath. 

 Leptoptilus Javanica, Lath. 

 Ciconia leucocephala, Temm. 

 Dromas ardeola, Payk. 

 Anastomus oscitans. 



The paddy-field Heron. 

 The Caboga Heron. 

 The great white Heron, 

 The cinnamon Heron, 



The white Spoonbill. 



CICONINjE. 



The Adjutant. 

 The large Stork. 

 The smaller Stork. 

 The Anastomus. 



C. TANTAXlNiE. 



Tantalus leucocephalus, Forster. The white-headed Ibis. 

 Geronticus melanocephalus, Lath. The black-headed Ibis. 

 Ibis Falcinellus, Linn. The glossy Ibis. 



FAM: SCOLOPACID.E. 



Numenius phoeopus, Lath. 

 Numenius arquatus, Lath. 



Totanus fuscus, Linn. 

 Totanus ochropus, Linn. 

 Totanus calidris, Linn. 

 Totanus hypoleucos, Linn. 

 Totanus glottoides, Vigors. 

 Actitis glareola, Gmel. 

 Limosa segocephala, Linn. 



a. LIMOSlNiE. 



The Whimbrel. 

 The Curlew. 



b. TOTANINiE. 



The green Shank.' 



The common long Shank. 

 The Indian green Shank. 



C. TRI.NGI1WE. 



The dwarf Sand-piper. 



Tringa minuta ? Temm. 

 Tringa subarquata, Gmel. 



Limicola platyrhyncha, Temm. The broad-billed Limicola. 



d. RECURVIROSTEIN^J. 



Himantopus candidus, Bonn. The long-legged Avocet. 



Becurvirostris avocetta, Liytf. 

 Haematopus ostralegus, Linn, 



