7. DICHROMANASSA. ' 107 



(1892 : Jamaica) ; Cory, Cat. B. West Ind. p. 89 (1892) ; Allen, 



Auk, X. p. 132 (189;}). 

 Ardea pealei, Bj). Ann. Lye. N. Y. ii. p. 154 (1826) ; id. B. Amer. iv. 



p. 96, pi. 26. tig. 1 (1833) ; Less. Traif.e d'Orn. p. 574 (1831) ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. iii. p. 29, no. 10127 (1871) ; Ridyw. Man. N. Amer. B. 



p. 131 (1887). 

 Egretta pealei, Bp. Obs. Cuv. Regne An. p. 100 (1830). 

 Egretta rufescens, i^/j. Comp. List B. Eur. ^- N. Amer. p. 47 (1838). 

 Herodias rufescens. Gray, List Grail. Brit. Mus. p. 79 (1844) ; Bp. 



Consp. Av. ii. p. 123 (1855); Brewer, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. vii. 



p. 308 (1860: Cuba) ; Gundl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 82 (Cuba). 

 Ardea cubensis, Lembeye, Av. Cuba, p. 84, pi. 13. fig. 1 (1850), ex 



Gundl. MSS. 

 Demiegretta pealei, Baird,B. N. Amer. p. 061 (1858) ; March, Proc. 



Philad. Acad. 1864, p. 63 (Jamaica); Dresser, Ibis, 1866, p. 31 



(Texas) ; Salvin, t. c. p. 196 (Guatemala) ; Gundl. Repcrt. Fisico- 



Nat. Cuba, i. p. 348 (1866); Allen, Bull. Mus. C. Z. ii. p. 358 



(1871: Florida); Gundl.J.f.O. 1875, p. 301 (Cuba); id. Orn. 



Cubana, p. 149 (1876); Lawr. Bull. U.S. Nat. 3Ius. iv. p. 49 



(1876: Tehuantepec). 

 Demiegretta rufa, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 662 (1858) ; Dresser, Ibis, 



1866, p. 31 (Texas); Salvin, t. c. p. 196 (Guatemala); Gundl. 



Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i. p. 348 (1866) ; Laicr. Mem. Bost. 



Soc. N. H. ii. p. 310 (1874: Mazatlan) ; Gundl. J. f. O. 1875, 



p. 302 (Cuba) ; Lawr. Btill. U.S. Nat. Mus. iv. p. 49 (1876 : 



Tehuantepec). 

 Herodias pealii, Breicer, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. vii. p. 308 (1860 : 



Cuba) ; Gundl. J.f. 0. 1862, p. 82 (Cuba). 

 Ardea rufa, var. pealei, Reichen. J.f. 0. 1877, p. 270. 

 Dicbromanassa rufa, Ridyw. Bull. U.S. Geol. S,- Geoyr. Surv. Terr. iv. 



no. 1, p. 236 (1878)"; Sennett, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 60 



(1878 : Corpus Christi Pass) ; Ridgiv. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. 



p. 10 (1880) ; Coues, Check-l N. Amer. B. p. 107 (1882) ; Beldinq, 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. pp. 544, 548 (1883: Lower California); 



Baird, Brewer, S^- Ridyw. Water- Birds N. Amer. i. p. 33 (1884); 



Coues, Key N Amer. B. 2nd ed. p, 061 (1884). 

 Hydranassa rufa, Heine S,- Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 306 



(1890). 



Adult male. General colour above light slaty grey, with a hoary 

 gloss on the ornamental breeding-plumes of the back and scapulars, 

 the long scapular plumes whity brown at their ends ; wings and 

 tail dark slaty grey : head and neck all round vinaceous cinnamon, 

 the long ornamental plumes more or less glossed with lilac, and the 

 elongated feathers of the fore-neck with paler ends ; remainder of 

 under surface light slaty grey, including the under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries : " terminal half of bill black, basal half including the 

 eyes and eyelids pale flesh ; tar.si ultramarine-blue, the scutellisand 

 claws black ; iris yellow or white " {J. J, Auchihon). Total length 

 iJ6 inches, culmen 4, wing 13-5, tail 4-5, tarsus 5-8, middle toe and 

 claw 3-2. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour, slightly smaller, but 

 the ornamental plumes not quite so much developed. Total length 

 about 26 inches, culmen 3-8, wing 12, tail 3-9, tarsus 5-1, middle 

 toe and claw 3'1. 



