86 



(1849) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 344; id. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 319, 1870, 

 p. 4:27, 1871, p. 412 ; Salvud. Ucc. Born. p. 348 (1874) ; Walden, 

 Ibis, 1874, p. 148 (Andamans) ; Tioeedd. Trans. Z. S. ix. p. 237 

 (1875) ; David ^ Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 440 (1877) ; Blakist. ^ Prijer, 

 Ibis, 1878, p. 114 (1879) ; Htmie, Sir. F. viii. p. 114 (1879) ; Legge, 

 B. Ceylon, p. 1141 (1880) ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Orn. Works 

 Tweed'd. p. 660 (1881) ; Everett, Journ. Straits Br. As. Soc. Beng. 

 1889, p. 189 (Sarawak ; Taguso) ; Whitehead, Ibis, 1890, p. 60 

 (Palawan). 



Egretta egrettoides, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. llo (1855). 



Egretta melanopus, Bp. t. c. p. 116 (1855). 



Egretta nigrirostris, Bp. t. c. p. 117 (1855). 



Egretta intermedia, Bp. t. c. p. 116 (1855) ; Blnkist. Sf Prijer, Ibis, 

 1878, p. 224 (Tokio ; Yezo) ; Seeh. Ibis, 187i), p. 27. 



Herodias egrettoides, Swinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 201 ; Jerd. B. Ind. iii, 

 p. 745 (1864). 



Adult male in hreeding-phtmage. Pure white above and below ; 

 the head crested, but having no drooping plumes ; the long orna- 

 mental plumes of the back immensely developed, being 17 inches in 

 length ; the feathers on the fore-neck beautifully developed, 8 inches 

 long, the webs entirely broken up ; bare part of tibia entirely black 

 like the tarsi and toes : " bill black ; facial skin green ; iris yellow ; 

 feet and toes black " {E. W. Oates). Total length about 26 inches, 

 culmen 2-9, wing 12-5, tail 5-4, tarsus 4-5, middle toe and claw 3*9. 



Adult femcde. Similar to the male, but the ornamental plumes 

 not so much developed. 



Adults in ivinter plumage. Pure white, but losing the ornamental 

 plumes altogether: "bill yellow, with blackish tip " (E. W. Oates). 



Young. Entirely like the adults in winter plumage ; the texture of 

 the plumage soft and downy, and devoid of ornamental plumes. 



Hah. Indian Peninsula, extending east to China and Japan, and 

 south to the Malayan Archipelago. 



a, b, c. c? festiv. ; 



d. Juv. sk. 

 e,f. ^stiv. sk. 

 g, h. ^stiv. et 



hiem. sk. 

 i. 2 hiem. sk. 

 k. Hiem. sk. 

 I, m. ^stiv. sk. 

 n, 0. (S aestiv. sk. 



p. Hiem. sk. 



q. Hiem. sk. 

 r. 2 hiem. sk. 

 8, t. Hiem. sk. 

 u. cJ hiem. sk. 



V, tc d ? hiem. sk. 



X, y. (S hiem. sk. 



Gurgaon Distr., Au^ 



( W. N. Chill). 

 Etawab. 

 Raipur. 



Seoni. 



Deccan (Sgkes). 



Oiidh. 



Futtehgurh, June 25 (A. 



Anderson). 

 Darjeeling Terai, Jan. (Z. 



Mandelli). 

 Dilkusba, Cachar. 

 Pegu, Aug. 29 (B. W. Oates). 

 Penang {Dr. Cantor). 

 S. Andamans, Feb. 28 {P. 



G. W. P.). 

 S. Andaman?, April, May (P. 



J. Wimberley). 

 Aberdeen, S. Andamans, 



April, Dec. ( W. Davison). 



to Oct. Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 India Museum. 

 Pinwill Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 

 India Museum. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume & Tweeddale 



Colls. 

 Hume Coll. 



