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z. <S liicna. sk. Java {Diard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



«'. ^stiv. ; 6'. Java. Gould Coll. 



Hiem. sk. 



c'. J hiem. sk. ZamboaDga,Mlndanao,March Tweeddale Coll. 



{A. H.' Everett), 



d'. Ad. sk. Japan. Seebobm Coll. 



e'. yEstiv. sk. Nagasaki, Japan, April 2Q. ¥. Ringer, Esq. [P.]. 



f-i'. Ad. et juv. Yokohama (H. Pnjer : E. Seebuhni Coll. 



sk. Henson). 



k'. Msiiy. sk. Hamilton Island, Corea. A. G. Wildey, Esq. 



I. (S ad.sk. Canton, April (R. Siuinhoe). Seebobm Coll. 



m'. 5 ad.sk. Hongkong, April {R. S.). Seebobm Coll. 



o'. Ad. sk. Formosa (J?. S.). Seebobm Coll. 



y. ^stiv. sk. Canton. Tweeddale Coll. 



q. Juv. sk. Hankow, winter {R. S.). Seebobm Coll. 



r'. Hiem. sk. Cochin China. M. E. Pierre [P.]. 



2. Mesophoyx brachyrhyncha. 



Egretta flavirostris (nee Temm.), Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 116 (18o.5). 

 Ardea intermedia, Finsch u. Hartl. Vo//. Ostafr. iii. p. 61-5 (1870); 



Heufjl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. Abth. i. p. 1065 (1873: Kordofan ; 



Lower White Nile ; IBlue Nile). 

 Herodias bracbyrhyncbos, Brehm, J.f. O. 1858, p. 471. 

 Ardea egretta [nee Gm.), Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 308 (1867 : Zeekoe 



Vley). 



Adult male in breeding-plumage. Similar to M. intermedia, but 

 with the bare part of the tibise yellow, contrasting with the black 

 tarsus and toes ; bill entirely yellow, with a black patch in front of 

 the eye (iu skin) : " bill orange-yellow, darker at the tip of the upper 

 mandible, the lower mandible and the lores greenish yellow ; orbits, 

 lores, and iris yellow ; feet black, the tibia yellowish " (ffeur/Un). 

 Total length about 25 inches, culmen 3, wing 12-5, tail 3-5, tarsus 

 4-25, middle toe and claw 3-9, ornamental plumes of back 17. 



Hah. South Africa, extending to N.E. Africa. 



«. Ad. sk. South Africa. Soutb-Afiican Mu- 



seum. 

 Ik Ad. sk. Kroonstadt, Orange Free State, Gurney Coll. 



March (E. F. Syinonds). 

 c. Ad. St. Africa. Massena Coll. 



3. Mesophoyx plumifera. 



Herodias plumiferus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 221 (N. S. W.) ; id, 

 B. Austr. vi. pi. 57 (1848) ; Maqiill. Voy. Raftlesn. ii. p. 358' 

 (1852 : Torres Straits) ; Rosenb. Rets naar Zuiduostereil. p. 53 

 (1867). ^ 



Egretta plumifera, Bp. Consp, Av. ii. p. 115 (1855) ; Rosenb. J. f. O. 

 18G4, p. 136. f V / , J 



Ardea plumifera. Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 197 ; id. Cat. B. New 



Guin. p. 62 (1859). 

 Herodias egrettoides {nee Gm.), Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 393 



(1865) ; Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 341. 



