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⁵⁸⁷ Cf. Su.Sū.46.105. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): Ardea goliath, a heron. P.V. Sharma: the common crane. Gulabkunverba: idem. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. K.N. Dave (1985: 326, 386–388, 407) regards the name baka as designating the white ibis, herons, storks, bitterns, and even the flamingo. See on Ardea goliath Cretzschmar, the giant heron, a sporadic and rare vagrant in India: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 53–54. G. Bühler says (in a note to his translation of Manusmṛti 4.196) that baka does not only denote a heron, but also the white ibis and the bittern. See on Threskiornis melanocephala (Latham), the white ibis: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 110–11112, on the Indian bitterns: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 80–91. The baka may not be eaten by brāhmaṇas (Manusmṛti 5.14).