4. HEKODIAS. 99 



Egretta svrmatophora, B]). Consp. ii. p. 115 (18o.5) ; Rosenb. N. T. 



Nederllnd. xxv. p. 2r,:} (1863) ; id. J.f. O. 18G4, p. 136. 

 Ardea svrmatophora, Gray, F. Z. S. 1858, p. 197; id. Cat. B. New 



Guinea, p. 62 (1859) ; Buller, B. N. Zeal. p. 236 (1«73). 

 Herodias egretta (nee Gm.), Sioinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 64 (Aiuoy), 1861, 



p. 51 ; Walde7i, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 99 (1872) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. 



Genov. viii. p. 384 (187G : Bourou), xi. p. 667 (1879: Kei Isl.). 

 Ardea (Egretta) alba?, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1860, p. 363 (Ternate). 

 Ai-dea egretta, pt. {nee Gm.), ScJd. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ardeae, p. 17 



(1863); Finseh, Neu-Guinea, p. 183 (1865); Sehl. N. T. D. iii. 



p. 348 (1866: Aru ; Kei) ; Rosenb. Malay. Archip. pp. 278, 373 



(1878-79) ; Bidler, B. New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 124, pi. xxxvi. 



fig. 2 (1888). 

 Herodias alba {ner L.), Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 417 (Formosa) ; Gould, 



Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 301 (1865) ; Sioinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 365 



(Hainan) ; D' Albert. Ann. Mus. Genov. x. p. 20 (1878) ; Salvad. 



t. c. note ; David 4" Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 4.39 (1877 : China gene- 

 rally) ; Ramsay. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 199 (1877) ; id. 



P. Z. S. 1877, p. 341 (Queensland) ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 434. 

 Ardea intermedia (nee Wayl.), Finsch, J.f. O, 1867, p. 332. 

 Egretta modesta (nee Gray), Swinh. P.'Z. S. 1871, p. 412 (China; 



Hainan ; Formosa) ; Blakisf. >.y Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 224 (Tokio ; 



Yezo) ; Seeb. Ibis, 1879, p. 27. 

 Herodias torra (nee Frank!.), Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 347 (1874) ; Sume, 



Sir. F. vi. p. 472 (1878) ; id. Str. F. viii. p. 114 (1879) ; Salvad. 



Ann. Mtts. Genov. xviii. p. 3.33 (1882); id. Orn. Papuasia, iii. 



p. 350 (1882) ; Meijer, Sitz. Abh. Ges. Isis, Dresden, Abth. i. p. 66 



(1884: Timor Laut; Ceram) ; Pleske, Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. 



xxix. p. 537 (1884 : Ternate) ; Salvad. Agy. Orn. Papuasia, iii. 



p. 206 (1891). 

 Ai'dea alba, var. modesta, Brilygem. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, 



V. p. 96 (1876). 

 Ardea alba (iiec L.), Seeh. Ibis, 1887, p. 182 (Loo Choo Isl.) ; id. 



B. Jajmn. Emp. p. 216 (1890). 



Adult. Similar to H. alba, but with the bill yeUow in summer 

 and winter ; the train of dorsal plumes not very long and scarcely 

 reaching beyond the tail : " bill beautiful orange : naked space 

 before and behind the eye fine greenish yellow ; legs above the 

 knee pale dull yellow, this colour continued down the centre of the 

 inner part of the tarsi ; remainder of tarsi and feet black " (J. Gould). 

 Total length 30 inches, culmen 4-4, wing 1-5, tail 6-3, tarsus 5*2- 

 6-4. 



Hab. From Japan and N. China, south through the Malayan 

 Archipelago to Australia. 



rt. :^£estiv. sk. [t. 5-9]. Nagasaki, Japan, April 22. F. Kinger, Esq. [P.] 



b. Hiem. sk. [t. 5-4J. TI&koia.diiCapt.Blakiston). Seebohm Coll. 



c. Hiem. sk. ft. o-41. China. J. Reeves, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Hiem. sk. ft. 5-4l. China [Capt. Tuckett). Tweeddale Coll. 



e. (5 hiem. sk. [t. 6-7J. Chefoo, Sept. 29 {R. Swin- Seebohm Coll. 



hoe). 



f. Hiem. sk. [t. 5-81. Ningpo, Aug. {R. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 

 y. Hiem. sk. Tt. 5-4J. Canton (S. Bligk). Seebohm CoU. 

 h. Hiem. sk. [t. 6-6]. Canton. Tweeddde CoU. 

 i. liiem. sk. [t. 6-2]. Amov, Nov. {R. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 

 k. Hiem. sk. [t. 61]. Fokien. Gould Coll. 



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