2. ARDEA. 69 



Reichenh. Grail. Novit. Taf. civ. Hr. 2671 (1851); Gratj, P.Z.S. 



1858, p. 179 ; id. Cat. B. New Guinea, p. 63 (18".9). 

 Ardea robusta, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 110 (1855, e.v S. Milll. MSS.). 

 Typhon temminclci, Reichenh. Si/st. Ar. Nat p. xvi (1852). 

 Ardeomega nobilis, Bp. Cun.yi. ii. p. 10!) (1855); Bli/tli, Ihii^, 1865, 



p. 36. 

 Ardea goliatli (nee T.), Bp. Consp. ii. p. 110 (1855, ex Celebes). 

 Typhon robusta, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 110 (1855)"; id. C. R. xl. p. 722 



(1855). 

 Typhon sumatrana, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 110 (1855) ; id. C. R. xl. p. 722 



(1855). 

 Typhon rectirostris, Bp. t. c. p. 1 10. 



Adult male. General colour above dull slaty grey, the lower haek 

 and rump paler grey ; the upper t.ail-coverts more dusky ; the 

 scapulars with elongated plumes, which are pearly white at the 

 ends ; wing-coverts and quills dark slaty grey, with a slight greenish 

 gloss on some of them ; the innermost secondaries elongated and 

 tipped with pearly white, like the scapulars ; tail-feathers dark 

 slate-colour, slightly glossed with green ; crown of head slaty grey 

 and crested, the crest-feathers with dusky margins, and with some 

 long drooping plumes on the nape, which are pearly white at the 

 ends; sides of face and hinder cheeks pale vinaceous brown ; fore 

 part of cheeks and upper throat white ; neck all round slaty brown, 

 the feathers mostly elongated, and with a mesial streak of white 

 towards the ends, the plumes on the fore-neck similarly coloured, 

 but very much elongated : remainder of under surface slaty grey, 

 paler on the abdomen, with longitudinal white centres to the 

 feathers, these being indistinct upon the abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts ; on each side of the upper breast a large patch of slaty- 

 grey feathers, very slightly streaked with white ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries slaty grey v\ith white streaks ; the marginal feathers 

 round the bend of tlie wing white : " bill black, the lower mandible 

 yellowish white at the base : legs and teet black, soles faded yellow ; 

 iris pale orange" {H. 0. Forbes). Total length about 45 inches, 

 ciilmen 6*8, wing 18"3, tail 6-1, tarsus 6"7. 



Young. Differs from the adult in having no elongated plumes, and 

 being everywhere browner, the feathers of the upper surface tipped 

 with a rufous or sandy-buff spot, the feathers of the neck and under- 

 parts vinaceous rufous with mesial streaks of white, the whole 

 under surface very thickly streaked. 



Hah. From Aracan and Southern Tcnasserim throughout the 

 Malayan Peninsula to Australia. 



India Musei\m. 

 Hume CoU. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Gov. Ussher [C.]. 



