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Hob. Eastern Siberia to Japan and China, west to Ta-tsien-lou, 

 and south to the Burmese Provinces, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and 

 the Andaman Islands. 



a, b. Ad. at imm. sk. 

 c, d. (S ad. et J juv. sk. 

 e. Juv. sk. 

 /. Ad. sk. 



China iS. Bligh). 

 Shanghai, Aug. 

 Shanghai, Oct. 

 Shanghai, Jime. 



g, h. (S ad. et juv. sk. Kiukiang, July, Aug. 



Esq. 



Esq. 



i. Ad. sk. 



k. Ad. ; I, m, n. Juv. 



sk. 

 o-r. Ad. et imm. sk. 

 «, t. Ad. et juv. sk. 

 M. Ad. sk. 

 V. djuv. sk. 



w, X. cJ ad. sk. 

 y, z. Juv. sk. 



a'. S juv- sk. 

 6', c'. c? juv. sk. 



d'. c? juv- sk. 



e',y , g' . c? ad. et juv.sk. 

 A', d" juv. sk. 



»'. c? imm. sk. 

 A;'. Juv. sk. 

 V, m'. Juv. sk. 



Foochow (Cainpbell). 

 Amoy, July, Dee. (i2. 



Swinhoe). 

 Amoy, May {R. Swinhoe). 

 Canton. 

 Fokien. 

 Brahamapootra River, 



Dec. 4 ( W. Damson). 

 Manipur, April (A. O. H.). 

 Karen-nee, Burma, March 



(R. G. W. H.). 

 Tennsserim ( W. Limborg). 

 Yeaboo, March 10 (TF. 



Damson). 

 Choimgthanoung, Dec. 25 



( W. D.). 

 Tavoy, April ( W. D.). 

 Kaukarvit, Oct. 19 (/. 



Darlinq). 

 Salang, March 24 (J. D.). 

 Baram, Sarawak. 

 South Andaman, March 10 



{R. G. W. R.). 



Seehohm CoU. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 

 Gould Coll. 

 F. W. Stvan, 



[P.]. ' 

 F. W. Styan, 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Seebohm CoU. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 



Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 



Tweeddale CoU. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume CoU. 



Hume CoU. 

 Hume CoU. 



Hume Coll. 



C. Hose, Esq. [P.]. 



Tweeddale CoU. 



5. Ardeola speciosa. 

 Ardea speciosa, Horsf. Trans. Limi. Soc. xiii. p. 189 (1821) ; id. Zool. 



Researches in Java, pt. vii., cum tab. (1824) ; Reichenb. Grail, tab. 



xc. fig. 1025 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 30, no. 10138 (1871); 



Reichen. J.f. O. 1877, p. 258 ; Blasius, Zeitschr. Ges. Or,i. iii. 



p. 208 (1886 : Celebes). 

 Ardeola speciosa, Gray, List Gen. B. 1841, p. 86 ; Wald. Trans. Ziool. 



Soc. viii. p. 98 (1872 : Celebes) ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 351 (1874) ; 



Blasius, J.f. O. 1884, p. 219 (S.E. Borneo) ; Kutter, t. c. pp. 224, 



225; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xliv. p. 237 (1884: 



Java), xlv. p. 106 (1885 : W. Java), xlvi. p. 23 (1886 : Borneo), 



xlix. p. 417 (1889: Sumatra); Everett, Journ. Straits Branch 



As. Soc. 1889, p. 189 ; Heine 8f Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 



p. 308 (1890 : Java). 

 Ardea leucoptera (pt.), Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 556 (1847). 

 Buphus speciosa, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 127 (1865). 

 Ardea leucoptera speciosa, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ardeas, p. 34 (1863 : 



Java; Banjarmassin ; Sumbawa). 

 Ardeola leucoptera {nee Bodd.), GuiUem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 511 



(Sumbawa). 



Adult male. Back and ornamental scapular plumes black ; lower 

 back, rump, wings, and tail white, with a slight buffy tinge on the 



