70 ARDEIDiE. 



.i. Imm. sk. Taguso, Palawan, Sept. 6. J. Whitehead, Esq. 



k. Ad. sk. San^hir Islands. Tweeddale Coll. 



I. (S ad. sk. Lariit, Tenimber Islands, Frank Nicholson, 



Sept. 8 (H. O. Forbes). Esq. [P.]. 



m. Ad. sk. Island of Goram. Wallace Coll. 



n. Juv., head only. Batchian. Wallace Coll. 



0. Juv. St. Australia. Earl of Derby [P.]. 



p. Ad. St. Port Essington. Dr. SibLald [P.]. 



q. Juv. sk. Queensland (J. T. CocJcerell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



r, s. Ad. et iuv. New South Wales. Imperial Institute 

 sk. [P.]. 



3. Ardea insignis. 



Ardea insig-nis, Hodgs. Icon. ined. Grail, pi. 61, fig. 2, no. 6-lo ; id. 



in Grays Zool. Misc. p. 86 (1844). 

 Ardea. nobilis (nee Bbjth), Gray, List Grallce Brit. Mus. p. 75 



(1844) ; id. Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodys. p. 14o (1846). 



Adult. Similar to A. smnatrana, but larger, of a purer asby grey, 

 especially on the head and neck, the breast with beautiful lanceolate 

 white plumes ; the nuchal crest composed of delicate grey feathers ; 

 the breast and abdomen, under tail-coverts, under wing-coverts, and 

 axillaries pure white ; the thighs also white in front, slaty grey 

 heliind. Total length about 40 inches, culmen 6'1, wing 21"2, tail 

 7'8, tarsus 6"5. 



Young. Much browner than the adult, and having none of the 

 ornamental plumes, the upper surface streaked with light brown, 

 hut distinguished from the young of A. sumatrana bj" its pure white 

 breast and abdomen. 



Hah. Nepal and Sikhim in the Eastern Himalayas. 



a, 6. Ad. et juv. sk. Nepal. Hodgson Coll. 



c, d, e. Ad. sk. Sikhim, Jan., April (i. Man- Hume Coll. 



delli). 



f, ff. Ad. sk. DarjUing. Hume Coll. 



4. Ardea humbloti. 



Ardea humbloti, Milne-Ediu. l^ Grandid. Hist. Nat. Madag. Ois. 

 p. 546 (1882). 



Adult. General colour all over dark slate-colour, including the 

 wings and tail, some of the inner secondaries blackish ; crown of 

 head black ; sides of face and throat, with a few black feathers 

 intermixed : " upper mandible black ; lower mandible yellow, darker 

 at the tip ; feet black ; iris yellow " {A. Grandidier). Total length 

 37 inches, culmen 5-2, wing 16-3, tail 5*7, tarsus 6-2. 



Hah. East coast of Madagascar. 



a. Vix ad. sk. Madagascar. Purchased. 



5. Ardea melanocephala. 



Ardea melanocephala, Vig. Sc Ckildr. in Denh. Sf Clapp. Voy. ii., 

 App. p. 201 (1826: Lake Tchad ; Bouruou) ; Gray, List Grail, in 

 Brit. Mus. p. 76 (1844) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 555 (1847); Gerbe, 

 Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 6 (S. France) ; Loche, E.ipl. Set. 



