BIRDS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ASTA. 



Durrea and Suvkhia Bogla H. ; Gal Bagla, 

 B. Sudu Koka, Cingli. ! Kantal Chilik, Jav. 

 Inhabits as last, associating mucli with cattle. 

 Nec Australia ? 



H, asha. 



Sm Ardea asha, Sykes. 



Hevodias, pannosa (?), Gould. (B. A. Vol. 

 VI. pi. 59). 



luda Bngla, H. (Jerdon). Inhabits Penin- 

 sula of India; Sindh. Nec(?) L. Bengal. Aus- 

 tralia ? 



II. jiujiaavis (Gould's B. A. Vol. VI. pi. 60). 

 Syn. Ardea jugularis, Forster, 

 A, caerulea, var , Latham. 

 A. matook, Vieillot. 



Demigretta concolor, Biytb, J. A. S. XV. 

 372. 



H. GreyS— Gray {Gould's B. A. Vol. VI. 

 pi 61),— permanent white variety. 



Inhabits Ariacan; Nicobar Islands ; N. Zea- 

 land ; Africa (Senegal)? 



Sub-genus BUTO RIDES, Bljth. 



B. javanica. 

 Syn. Ardea javanica, Horsfield. 



Kanclia Bagla, H. ; Kuno Bag, B.; PucJwng, 

 Malay ; Upi uinan, Jav. Inhabits India and 

 Malay countries. Common. 



Stib-gemis AEDEOLA, Boie. 



A. leiicoptera (Ilardw. III. Ind. Zool). 



Syn. a. leucoptera, Boddaert. 



A, Grayi, Sykes— breeding dress. 

 A. malaecensis, Gmelin— non-breeding 

 dress. 



Undki Bocjli. H. (Jerdon) ; Kuro Bog, B. ; 

 Kana Icoka, Ciugh. Inhabits India generally ; 

 Burmese countries ] Malayan peninsula. Ex.^. 

 ceedingly common. 



Suh-genus NYCTICORAX, Brisson, Ste- 

 phens. 



N. griseus (PI. Enl. 758). 



Syn. Ardea nycticorax et grisea, L. 

 N. europseus, Stephens. 



Woh (from voice), and BalcJika, Beng., H. ; 

 Gadri, Sindh ; Leng-tvet, Arracan ; Guwo, Jav. 

 Inhabits Europe ; Asia ; Africa. Common in 

 India. 



Suh-gemis TIGRISOMA, Swainson. 



T. melanolopha. 



Syn. Ardea melanolopha, Raffles, Lin. Tr. XIII. 

 316. 



Inhabits Ceylon ] Arracan ; Malayan penin- 

 sula ; Sumatra. 



Sub-genus BOTAURUS, Brisson, Stephens. 



B. steltaris {PI, Enl. 789). 



Syn. Ardea stellaris, L. 



Nir gonng, H. Inhabits Europe ; Asia ; Af- 

 rica. Common in Bengal. 



Sub-genus ARDETTA, G. E. Gray. 

 A. fl.avicollis (Jerdon's III. Ind. Orn. pi 

 16 ; Gould's B. A. Vol. VI. pi 65,— not good, 

 if the Australian be truly identical with the 

 Indian species. 



Syn. Ardea flavicollis, Latham. 

 A. nigra, Vieillot. 



A. picta. Raffles, — the young figured in 

 Hardvsicke'.s 111. Ind. Zool- 



Kala SlwA N'ol Bogla, B.; Tototan ox Tom- 

 tomman, Jav. Inhabits India generally : not 

 common, nor rare in L. Bengal : Ceylon ; Tip- 

 pera ; Arracan ; Tenasserim ; Malayan peniusu- 

 ia ; Sumatra ; China; Australia. 



A. cinnamomea (Hardw. III. Ind. Zool). 



Syn. Ardea cinnamomea, Gmelin. 

 Lai Bogla, H. ; Nati, korawaka, Cingh. ; 

 Ayam'Ayaman, Jav. Inhabits India and Ma- 

 lay countries. Common. 



A. sinensis (young figured as No. 1651, 

 Hardw. III. Ind. Zool., — not good). 



Syn. Ardea sinensis, Gmelin. 



A. lepida et A. nebulosai Horsfield. 



Bamh.augan, Jav. Inhabits India generally ; 

 Ceylon ; Arracan ; Jav. ; China. Generally ob- 

 served on high reeds. 



A. minuta PI. Enl. 323]. 



Syn. Ardea minuta, L. 



A. danubialis et solonieusis, Gmelin, 



Inhabits Europe, Africa, C. Asia ; Nepal. 

 Tribe M ACEODACTYLI, 

 Earn. EALLIDiE. 

 Genus PORPHYEIO, Brisson- 

 P. polioce2')halus, Latham. Kaim, or Kayem, 

 Beng.: Keivia,V^.; Kogh, Sindh. luhabits 

 India generally ; Arracan ; Tenasserim. Re- 

 placed in the Malayan peninsula and archipelago 

 by P. xmaragdinus, Temminck, v. indicns, Hors- 

 field ; Tedone of the Malay s|; Pelhmg, Jav^ 

 Genus GALLICREX, Blyth. 

 G. cristatus. 



Syn. Gallinula cristata, Latham. 

 G. plumbea, Vieillot. 

 G. lugubris (male), andQ.gularis (female), 

 Horsfield. 



Rallus rufescens apud Jerdon, Madr. 



Journ. XII. 20.5 (female). 

 Fulica ciuerea, Gmelin. 



Kora, or Kongra, Beng. ; Bontod, and Bu- 

 reng, Jav. Inhabits India generally, and Malay 

 countries. Common in Bengal. 



Genus POEZANA, Vieillot. 

 P. phcenicura {PI. Enl. 896 ; Horsfield, 

 Zool. Bet. in Java, pi. ). 



Syn. Rallus pboeuicurus, Pennant. 

 Gallinula javanica, Horsfield. 

 G- erythrina, Bechstein, 

 Fulica chinensis, Boddaert. 



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