ART. 16. 



BIRDS FEOM NORTH CELEBES RILEY. 



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Family ARDEIDAE. 



HERONS, BITTERNS^ ETC. 

 49. PYRRHERODIAS PURPUREA MANILENSIS (Meyen). 



One male, Soemalata, September 6, 1914; one male, Kapas Bay, 

 November 19, 1914; one adult and one immature female, Rano Lin- 

 doe, March 3 and 8, 1917; one female, Pinedapa, January 31, 1918. 



50. TYPHON SUMATRANA SUMATRANA (Raffles). 



One adult female, Batoe Hangoes Baroe, June 11, 1916. 



51. EGRETTA GARZETTA NIGRIPES (Temminck). 



One female, Toboli, October 26, 1916; one male, Rano Lindoe, 

 March 23, 1917. 



The female is a young bird with the basal'third of the maxilla 

 light colored; the outer primary slightly shorter than the second, 

 the tarsus scutellate both before and behind, differing in this respect 

 from Hemigarzetta. The male measures : wing, 258 ; tail, 88 ; culmen, 

 81; tarsus 89.5; middle toe, 68,5; and the female: wing, 265; tail^ 

 87 ; culmen, 77.5 ; tarsus, 94 ; middle toe, 59.5 mm. 



52. HEMIGARZETTA EULOPHOTES (Swinhoe). 



One male, Kwandang, October 7, 1914. 



This specimen measures: wing, 265; tail, 89; culmen, 89; tai-sus, 

 89 ; middle toe with claw, 64.5. 



The tarsus is scutellate in front and reticulate behind in which 

 respect it agrees with a specimen in the United States National 

 Museum from Fusan, Korea. The Celebes bird has the first primar}'' 

 slightly the longest in one wing but slightly shorter than the second 

 in the other. 



53. DEMIGRETTA SACRA SACRA (Gmelin). 



One female, Koeala Prang, June 14, 1916; one male, Toboli, Oc- 

 tober 21, 1916. 



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