2. ARDEA. 67 



Cans. Proc. Fhil. Acad. 1859, p. 173 (Camma River); Gurney, 

 Ihis, 1860, p. 220 (Natal) ; Schl. Mtis. Pays-Bas, Ardew, p. 3 

 (1863) ; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 332 (Zambesi : Lake Nyasa) ; 

 Lnyard, B. S. Afr. p. 305 (1867: Colesberg) ; Gurney, Ihis, 1868, 

 p. 256 (Natal) ; ISckL ^ Pollen, Fame Madag., Ois. p. 122 (1868) ; 

 Lftyard, Ibis, 1869, p. 376 (Zoetendals Vlev) ; Finsch Sf Hartl. 

 VHy. Ostafr. p. 674 (1870) ; Gray,Kand-l. B. iii. p. 27, no. 10107 

 (1871); Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 285 (1872: 

 Ukavango R. ; Teoughe R. ; Lake Ngami) ; Heuql. Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. ii. Abth. i. p. 1048 (1873 : Red Sea to 24° N. lat. ; Gulf of 

 Aden ; Abyssinia to 6000 feet ; Takah ; Senaar ; E. Kordofan ; 

 White Nile to Equator) ; Barratf, Ibis,lfi7C>, p. 193 (Lydenberg) ; 

 Blanf. Fast. Persia, ii. p. 295 (1876) ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 297 

 (1877) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1877, p. 349 (Transvaal) ; Hume, Str. F. vii. 

 p. 490 (1878: Calcutta) ; id. Str. F. viii. p. 115 (1879) ; Parker, 

 Str. F. ix. p. 486 (1880: ? in Ceylon) ; Butler, Str. F. x. p. 149 

 (1881 : Natal, breeding) ; Bocaqe, Orn. Angola, p. 437 ( 1881 : 

 Ilumbe) ; Holub ^- Pelz. Beitr. Orn. Siidafr. p. 273 (1882: A\'est 

 Griqua Land ; Zambesi) ; Butler, Feilden, i,- Reid, Zool. 1882, 

 p. 343 (Ingagani R. ; Buffalo R., breeding) ; Milne-Edwards ^ 

 Grandid. H. N. Madag., Ois. p. 642 (1882) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, 

 p. 263 (Mashoona); W. A. Forbes, Ibis, 1883, pp. 505, 515 

 (Niger); Fischer, J. f. 0. 1885, p. 118 (Osi River; Kipini) ; 

 Sibree, Ibis, 1892, p. 116 (Madagascar) ; Sharpe, Bull. B. O. Club, 

 iii. p. v (1893: Suakin) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 27 (Upper Shir^ 

 River). 



Ardea nobilis, Blyth, Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 175 (1844) ; Gray, 

 Ge>i. B. iii. p. 555 (1847) ; Reichen. J.f. 0. 1877, p. 268 ; id. J.f. O. 

 1887, p. 50 (Ruwana River). 



Ardea gigautodes, Lichf. Noviencl. Av. Mus. Berol. p. 89 (1854). 



Ardeomega goliath, Bonap. Consp. Av. ii. p. 109 (1855). 



Megerodius goliath, Heine, J. f. O. 1860, p. 200 ; id. Sf Reichen. 

 Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 306 (1890) ; Reichen. Vog. DeutscA- 

 Ost^Afr. p. 65 (1894: Bagamayo ; Kingani ; Ugalhi ; Tanganyika). 



Ardea (Megalerodius) nobilis, Reichen. J.f. O, 1877, p. 13 (Chin- 

 chonxo). 



Adult female. General colour above slaty grey, the scapular feathers 

 pointed and elongated, the wing-coverts like the back, with a slight 

 olive-green gloss ; quills and tail-feathers dark slate-grey; crown of 

 head much crested, of a deep vinous chestnut : sides of face, ear- 

 coverts, and neck clearer vinous red ; the cheeks and upper throat pure 

 white ; the lower throat and fore-neck purplish black, slightly 

 varied with white streaks or margins to the leathers ; on the fore- 

 neck a large bunch of elongated white plumes, some with vinous-red 

 margins, and all mosially streaked with black ; on each side of the 

 chest is a large patch of vinous maroon like the rest of the under 

 surface of body ; the under wing-coverts and axillaries slightly 

 lighter maroon ; the thighs maroon like the breast, but having the 

 lower part slaty grey ; bend of the wing varied with white and 

 rufous, and here and there mottled with grey : " bill black, lower 

 part of under mandible pale ; bare skin round the eye yellowish 

 green ; tarsi, shanks, and feet black ; iris bright gamboge-yellow " 

 {T. Ayres). Total leugth 56 inches, culmen 7'4, wing 20, tail 8"4. 

 tarsus 8"9. 



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