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grown female (Bishop Museum No. 8986). Length 22.25, •'^prcad 

 of wings 28, wing 8.15, tail 2.92, tarsus 2.43, culmen 3.00, its depth 

 at nostrils .57, mid-toe and claw 2.86. General color of the upper 

 surface olive brown with a slight rufous tint, the under coloring 

 of feathers slate ; wings and tail slate ; sides of face and cheeks 

 black, mottled with rufous ; sides of neck with bands of bright 

 golden straw color ; chin and under throat yellowish, with a line 

 of dusky brown feathers extending down the center and broaden- 

 ing out to form the prettily variegated coloring of the under neck 

 and fore breast, which have a general coloring of rufous brown 

 with feathers edged with whitish black and buffy, giving the fore 

 breast a streaked appearance ; feathers of bell}" with under color- 

 ing of slate, but the outer half is brownish broadly edged with 

 yellowish, which gives to the under surface a dirt}" yellowish and 

 brownish appearance ; sides and rump slaty ; thighs and tibio- 

 tarsus rufous : bill dusky above, lighter below ; feet a dirty brown- 

 ish ; eyes yellowish. Hab. Philippine Islands, China, Burmah, 

 Java, Borneo, Celebes, Sumatra, Malay peninsula, India and 

 Ceylon. This is the first record of this species from Guam. 



Genus ARDBTTA Gray. 



17. Ardetta bryani,* spec. nov. Kakak. Bittern. 



This little bittern is found in abundance along the streams and 

 in the reed}- marshes ; taro patches and rice paddies are also its 

 favorite feeding grounds. The native name of Kakak is a very 

 good imitation of the cr}- it makes as it fiys up when disturbed. 

 The coloring of this bird blends so well with its surroundings that 

 it takes very careful observation to see them, of which fact the birds 

 seem well aware and I'emain perfectly still until they are almost 

 stepped upon, when they fly up, calling out a loud "kaka-kakak". 

 Their food is chiefly insects and their larvae. Some of the speci- 

 mens examined had their stomachs filled wdth black crickets. 

 Eight specimens were secured, two adult males, two adult females, 

 and four immature: — 



Museum Mid-toe 



.Xo. Dali'. Length. Win,!;. Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. and c. Sex. 



9600 .June ."> l:!..")0 5.25 l.GS 1.86 2.00 2.12 9 



9601 ,]inie 7 U.l'."> 5.46 1.56 1.86 2.00 1.92 juv.cf 



9602 .June 12 14.75 5.00 1.65 1.86 2.00 2.60 jliv.cf 



9603 .rune 12 14.00 5..50 2.00 1.92 2.00 2.17 cf 



9604 .June 11 14.00 5..50 2.00 1.92 2.00 2.17 juv. ? 



9605 .Tune 11 14.00 5.12 1.80 1.88 2.00 2.25 cf 



9606 .June 1:{ 14..50 .5.25 1.75 1.75 2.12 1.96 juv. ? 



9607 .Jul.v :! 14.25 5.60 1.60 1.89 2.10 2.17 $ 



The spread of the wings from tip to tip is about 1 9 ; the depth 

 of the bill at nostril is .40. No. 9603 is type of species. The adult 



*This is probably the Petit Heron. Quov & Gaim., Voy. Uranie, 1824, p. 35 (Guam). Also 

 the bird called Ardetta sinensis. Oust., Le."Nat., 1889. p. 261 (lies Mariannes); Hartert, Nov. 

 Z06I., v., p. 63 ; Sharp. Cat. B. Brit. Mus., XXVI., p. 227. 



