770 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, VoL XX VIII- 
1 
No. 
Scientific name. 
i 
Engli.sh name. 
Remarks. 
1549 
Xc-norhynchus asia-| 
ticus. 
! 
Black-necked Stork. 
Makes a huge nest of sticks on 
top of a high and solitary 
tree in November, Decem- 
ber. On one occasion 1 
found two nearly full grown 
chicks and two fresh eggs, 
as already noted in the 
.lournal. 
1553 
Anastomus oscitans.' 
! 
Open-bill ' . . 
Breeds in large colonies, gener- 
ally on trees growing out of 
jheels, or on large trees in 
villages. July, August. 
1554 
Ardea manillensi.s . . 
Purple Heron 
Nests placed in, and on dense 
reeds or on stunted tyees 
in jheels. gregarious. July, 
August . 
1555 
Ardea cinerea 
Blue Heron 
Builds on large trees, in colo- 
nies in July. 
1561 
Herodias garzetta . . 
Little P]gret 
Only found one colony, they 
were breeding together with 
A. grayi on a Pipal tree in a 
village on the bank of the 
Gogra river. July. 
1562 
Bubulcus coroman- 
dus. 
Cattle Egret 
Large numbers breed together 
on trees in villages. .July. 
1565 
Ardtola grayi 
Pond Heron 
On trees in villages. .July. 
1568 
Nycticorax griseus . 
Night Heron 
Large numbers nest together 
with the little cormorant 
and snake bird, they also 
build on trees in villages. I 
found one colony breedins in 
the latter place in April, 
but in the former in July. 
1571 
Ardetta sinensis . . 
Yellow Bittern 
In thick reeds in marshes. 
.July, August. 
1572 
Ardetta cinnamomea 
Chestnut Bittern . . 
One nest in a screw-pine on 
edge of lake, but usually 
among thick reeds. August. 
1584 
Saicidiornis melano- 
notus. 
Comb Duck oi 
Nukta. 
Holes of large trees. .July to 
September. 
