326* Sir T. S, Raffle s's Descriptive Catalogue 



4. ARDEA MELANGLOPHA. 



Has a shorter thicker neck ; is of a chesnut colour mottled with 

 black ; tail and crest black ; bill rather short. Belly varie- 

 gated with white, black and brown. It is about eighteen 

 inches Ions. 



5, ARDEA cinnamomea, Gmei 



BUROKG KaLADI. ^JK £,jj 



Much smaller than the preceding : subcrested ; of a bright 

 chesnut colour, slightly mottled. 



6. ARDEA picta. 



PUCHONG UDANG. t\j>j\ £^}* 



Is about sixteen inches in length ; of a dark-brown colour, ap- 

 proaching to black, mottled with fawn and white. Legs and 

 bill short, strong and greenish. 



7. ARDEA Javanica*. 



BURONG PlJCHONG. £*?-j' ^ 



Is about fifteen inches in length, of a greenish-brown above, 

 blueish-grey below. The feathers of the head are of a dark 

 olive-green, and elongated into a pendent crest. The neck is 

 rather short. The bill dusky and yellow. Lores green. Legs 

 yellowish. 



* J idea Javanica. Horsfield, p. 190. 



TANTALUS, 



