Anthropoides Stanlei/anus, 285 



Rostrum pallide rubnim. Caput tumidum, plumis mollibus. 

 CaudfB, remigum, scapularivm^ pectorisqiie plumae apice acuto, 

 hujus longae dependentes. Remiges secundariee longissimae, Irides 

 castaneo-nigrae. Longitudo corporis 2ih apice rostri ad apicem cau- 

 dae, 3 Ped., 6; alee a carpo ad remigem 3"""", 1 Pes, 9; caudte^ 

 9; rostri^ 4 i tarsi, S. 



Habitat in ludi^ Orientali. 

 Viri Illustrissimi Edouardi Baronis Stanley, Societatis Lio- 

 neanae Pro-Praesidis, scientiae Ornithologicae peritissimi, et 

 Musei Zoologici longe lateque celeberrimi digni possessoris, 

 haec nobilis speciosissimaque avis nomine honoretur. 



The genus Anthropoides of M. Vieillot, hitherto limited to the 

 two Linnean species of Ardea, the A. pavonina, and A, VirgOy 

 receives a signal addition in this noble species. The bird from 

 which our figure and description have been taken is now alive in the 

 Menagerie at the Tower ; and forms one of the most interesting 

 [Objects of that collection, which is at present particularly rich in 

 rare and valuable animals. We are indebted for the liberty of de- 

 scribing it to the kindness of Mr. Cops, the keeper of the 

 collection, to whose singular attention and intelligence in per- 

 forming the duties of his office, we beg leave to bear our ready 

 and cordial testimony. The species is closely allied to the An- 

 thropo'ides Virgo, Vieill., and by casual observers indeed has been 

 considered a variety of that bird. Its general form and the dis- 

 position of its colours are nearly the same. But it is much taller 

 than the Demoiselle, has a different appearance about the head, 

 the feathers of which are close and soft, and seem as if swelled 

 out into a kind of puff; and it is devoid of those tufts, which 

 rise from each side of the head of the Numidian bird. The 

 secondary quill feathers also appear considerably longer : one of 

 these which I measured extended above a yard in length, and 

 must originally have been longer, as the ends of afU these feathers 

 were much worn and broken. The same feathers in the Anth. 

 F;r^o, although much longer than in most birds, are not above 

 one third of that length ; as far at least as I can determine from 

 the examination of only one specimen, which is in the British 



