BIRDS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ASIA. 



Maniljor, H., B. ; KTiyee-Tilieng-tsivo^, Ar- 

 racaii : Sandang-lawe, Java. Inhabits India 

 generally ; Burmese and Malay countries. Com- 

 mon. 



Oeniis LEPTOPTILOS, Lesson. 



L. argala {PI Enl. 300). 



Syn. Ardea argala, L. 

 A. dubia, Gmelin. 

 Cicouia mirabou, Temminck. 

 C. nudifrons, Jeidou, Catal., — young. 

 Argala migratoria, Hodgson, lud. Rev. 

 1838, p. 563. 



Hargila B. ; Dusta, H. (Jerdon); Chaniari 

 DhaiiJc, H. (Hodgson) ; Qarar, Muttia. 'Ad- 

 jutant' of Europeans. Inhabits N.Asia? Vi- 

 siting India during the rains, when common in 

 L. Bengal. 



L.javanica (PL Col. 312). 



SsN, Ciconia javanica, Horsfield, 

 C. capillata, Temminck. 

 C. calva, Jerdon, Catal. 

 C. nudifrons, and the young— C. cristata, 



McClelland, Ind. Rev. 1838, pi, 512. 

 Argala immigratoria, Hodgson, ibid, p. 563. 

 Ardea dubia of Sumatra, apud Raffles. 



Madancliur, B. ; Ckinjara, H (Jerdon) ; 

 Tontsap and Nghet-gyee, .\rracan; Bangou Sula, 

 Burong Kambing, and Burong Gaja of Malays 

 (Raffles) ; Bangu, Java. Inhabits India and 

 Malay countries ; never frequenting towns, like 

 L. argala. 



Subfam ARDETN^. 



Genius AU'DEA, L. Bog, or Bogla, H. ; Ba- 

 rado, Sindh; Nga-heet, and Nghet-nga-nwa, 

 Arracan. 



A. goUath, Euppell (Atlas pi. , the 

 adult). 



'Syn. A. typhon (?), Temminck (PI. Col. 475) ? 



A nobilis, Blytb, Ann. Mag. N. H. XIII. 

 175,— young bird. 



Inhabits Bengal (in cold season) ; Nepal : 

 also Africa. Several specimens of this immense 

 heron have been procured in the vicinity of 

 Calcutla, but all hitherto in the plumage of 

 the first year. 



A. sumatrana, Raffles Gould's B. A. Vol. 

 TI. pi. 54, — the second plumage. 



Syn. a. fusca, Blyth, Ann. Mag. N. H. XIID 

 176. 



A. rectirostris, Gould. 

 San Barado, Sindh. Inhabits Sindh ; Sik- 

 kim (tarai ?) ; Assam ; Arracan ; Sumatra ; 

 Australia. 



A. einerea {PI. Enl. 775, 7S7). 



Stn. a. major, L. 



A, bruh (?), Jacquemont-, Atlas, pi. 



Kahud, H. (Jerdon). Sada Kdnk and Jn- 

 jun, B. ; Saa, Sindh j Glianga Axm, Jav. In- 



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habits Europe ; Asia ; Africa. Common in 

 India. 



A. purptirea, L. {PL Enl. 783). 



Syn. a, caspica, purpurata, rubiginosa (?), et 

 botaurus aut rufa, Gmelin. 

 A. variegata, Scopoli. 

 A, monticola, LaPey. 



I^ari, H. (Jerdon) , Ldl KanJc, B. ; Khjon- 

 byoivg. Arracan ; Chmga-ulu, Java. Inhabits 

 Europe, Asia, Africa. 



Sub-genus HERODIAS, Boie. 

 Koka, Cingh. ; Kantal, Jav. ; OoJcer, and 

 Kumole, Kabul ; Byoing Pliyoo, Arracan. 



H. alba {PL Enl 886 ; Gould's B. A. Vol- 

 VI. pi. 56). 



Syn. Ardea alba, L. 



A. egretta, Temminck. 

 A. nivea. Lesson. 

 A. modesta, Gray. 



A. flavirostris et melanorbyncbos, Wagler. 

 A. torra, Buchanan Hamilton and Franklin. 

 A. syrmatophorus, Gould. 



Mallang Bagla, Tiirra Bagla, and Paioia 

 Bagla, H (Jerdon); Dhar Bagla, B, ; Bacho 

 Barado, Sindh. Inhabits S. E. Europe ; Afri- 

 ca ; Asia and its islands ; Australia. Common 

 in India. 



H. intermedia (Gould's B. A. ¥ol. VI. pi. 

 57). 



Syn, Ardea intermedia, Wagler, Isis, 1829. 

 A. egrettoides, Temaiinck, 

 A. flavirostris, Bonnaterre, nec Wagler. 

 A putea, Buchanan Hamilton. 

 A. nigriro.stris, Gray. 

 H. plumifora, Gould. 



Inhabits as last. The most abundant spe- 

 cies of Egret in the Malay countries. Com- 

 mon also in India. 



//. garzefta {PL Enl 901). 



Stn. Ardea garzetta, L. 



A. xanthodactyla et A. nivea, Gmelin^ 

 A. orientalis. Gray. 

 A. melanopus, Wagler, ) yj^j.|etY. 

 A. nigripes, Temminck, J 

 H. immaculata (?), Gould. . 



Kirchia (or Kilchia) Bagla, H. (Jerdon). 

 Inhabits as last. Very common in India. Aus- 

 tralia ? 



H. buhulcus (PL EnL 910 : Denon's Egypt, 

 {Zool. t. 1, pi, S, f. I). 



Syn. Ardea bubulcus, Savigny. 

 A. lucida, Raflinesque. 

 A. aequinoctialis, Montagu. 

 A. coromandelensis, Stephens. 

 A. bicolor and A, rufioapilla, Vieillot, 

 A. russata, Temminck. 

 A. afSnis, Horsfield. 

 A. coromandelica, Lichtenstein, 

 A. Veranii, Rous. 

 A. leucocephala, Cuvier. 

 A. caboga, Franklin. 

 A. ibis, Hasselquist. 



