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Catalogue, of the Birds 



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out any alarm or suspicion. It is often struck down by a trained Shikra 

 {Accip. Dukhuncnsis). 



Irides -light yellow ; legs and feet light greenish. Length 19 inches ; 

 bill at front 2^, at gape 3y?g-ths; tarsus 2-p\th inches. 



308. — E. Cahoga. — Ard. Cahoga, Pennant. — A. rnjicapilla Yieill. ? — 

 A. riissafa, Waaler ?—Do?^reah Buglah, U.—Soorheah Buglah of some. — ■ 

 Cattle Heron. 



This well known species is generally found in flocks of various size 

 in company with herds of cattle, feeding on grasshoppers, and other insects 

 disturbed by them whilst grazing. It seldom resorts to water like its 

 other congeners, except during the heat of the day. Like the last, it 

 assumes its beautiful golden or ruddy tint on head, neck and back, only 

 during the breeding season. 



Irides bright yellow ; bill dark yellow ; legs and feet blacl: i ^h. Length 

 about 20 inches. 



The specific name is derived from the Hindustani ' Guo Bugla7i\ 

 meaning Coiv Heron. 



Sub Genus BOTAURUS, Biiss. -Bitterns. 



309. — B. cinnamomeus. — Ard. cinnamomea^ Gmel.— i«Z Buglah, H. of 

 some. — Little Chestnut Heron or Bittern. 



I have only found this little species at all common on the wooded 

 regions of the western coast, generally in marshy ground, or in the wet 

 paddy-fields. I have also seen it on the banks of the Pykarra river on 

 the Neilgherries, and Mr. Elliot mentions it as common in parts of 

 Dharwar. 



Length about 15 inches; bill at front 2, at gape 2y^ths ; tarsus l^Vths, 



310. — B, Stellaris, Briss. — iWr Goung, H.— Common Bittern. 



I have not myself hitherto procured a specimen of the Bittern, but 

 know that it has been killed near Jaulnah and Aurungabad, in marshy 

 ground. It is enumerated, moreover, both in Sykes' Catalogue and by 

 Mr. Elliot, and the latter gentleman has lately shown me a fine specimen 

 shot on the Neilgherries, during the hot season. 



Sub Genus NYCTICORAX, Steph. 



^W.^N. Europceus.—'Ard. nycticorax^ L. — Wdkh,ll. — Night Her oju 

 The Wdkh is of universal occurrence throughout the Peninsula, 



