FASCICULI MALATENSES 
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The White-necked Stork has the iris brown, the bill reddish, darker at the 
base, and the feet crimson-lake. 
Dr. Reich enow (cf. Vtigel Afr. i, p. 347 (1901) ) has pointed out that 
African examples of this genus belong to a distinct specie^ D . microscelts 
(G. R. Gray), which had been regarded by most authors as synonymous with 
the present species. A third species, D. stormi (Blas,), found in Borneo, has 
also been described as D, mortem. Grant. 
ARDEIDAE 
193. Ardetta cinnamomea, Gmel. 
Ardetta cinnamomea, Sharpe , Cat. B . Brtt. Mus. xxvi, p. 236 (1898). 
$ vix, ad. Patani River, a*nd April, (No. 6) 
The Chestnut Bittern has the iris brownish-yellow, with a white ring 
round pupil, and the feet yellowish-green. 
‘ Snared by the natives among high reeds.’ 
194. Bubulcus coromandus, (Bodd.) 
Bubulcus coromandus, Bonhote t p. 80. 
$?imm, Kampong, Jalor. 16th and 17th November. (Nos. 471,47«) 
The Cattle-Egret has the iris yellowish-white, bill and feet chrome- 
yellow, and the feet black. 
‘Very abundant on flooded rice-fields in the above locality, suddenly 
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appearing with the bursting of the monsoon. Scarce and sporadic during the 
dry season from April to October. Malay name, Bangau' 
195. Ardeola gray!, (Sykes) 
Ardeola gray!, Sharpe, Cat . B. Brit . Mus , xxvi, p. 207 (1898). 
Nawngchik. 30th November, 
The Pond-Heron has the iris chrome-yellow, and the feet greenish-yellow. 
‘Consorting with Bubulcus coromandus on flooded meadows at the 
commencement of the wet season.* 
196. Butorides javanica, (Horsf.) 
Butorides javanica, Sharpe^ Cat. B. Brk . Mus . xxvi, p« 177 (1898), 
Imm. Patani River. zxnd April, (No, 5) 
9imm. Jambu, Jhering. 6th June. (No, 162) 
