218 AKDEID^. 



Bubulcus coromandus, Bp. Compt. Head. xl. p. 722 (1855) ; Sioinh. 

 P. Z. S. 1871, p. 412; Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 309 (1874); Salvad. 

 Ucc. Born. p. 350 (1874) ; Wald. Trans. Z. S. ix. p. 237 (1875 : 

 Luzon) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. vii. p. 681 (1875), viii. p. 384 

 (1876 : IBauru) ; David >^- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 441 (1877) ; Cripps, 

 Str.F. vii. p. 307 (1878: Faridpur) : Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, 

 p. 624 (Palawan), p. 712 (N. Bohol ) ; Posenb. Malay. Arch. pp. 78, 

 288 (1878-79) ; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 114 (1879) ; 3Iei/er, Ibis, 

 1879, p. 144 (Celebes, breeding) ; Lef/ge, B. Ceylon, p. 1147 

 (1880) ; Vidal, Str. F. ix. p. 89 (1880 : S. Konkan) ; Hume, t. c. 

 p. 119 (Klang, Malay Peninsula) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 800 

 (Sandakan) ■,'Reid, Str. F. x. p. 75 (1881 : Lucknow) ; Davidson, 

 t. c. p. 323 (1882: W. Khandeish) ; Salvad. Orn. Pap. iii. p. 357 

 (1882) ; Parker, Ibis, 1883, p. 196 (Cevlon) ; Nichols, t. c. p. 257 

 (Sumatra) ; Davison, Str. F. x. p. 416 (1883 : Nilghiria) ; Seebohm, 

 Ibis, 1884:, -p. 35 (Tokio); Meyer, Sifz. ^- Abh. Ges. Isis, 1884, 

 Abth. i. p. 57 (Sanghir) ; Pleske, Bull. Acad. St. Petersh. xxix. 

 p. 537 (1884: Ternate) ; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdsehr. Nederl. Ind. 

 xliv. p. 230 (1885 : Java) ; Sioinh. ^ Barnes, Ibis, 1885, p. 136 

 (Mhow) ; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdsehr. Nederl. Ind. xlv. p. 106 (1885 : 

 W. Java), xlvi. p. 23 (1886: Borneo! ; Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. 

 ix. p. 81 (1886 : Sumatra) ; Styn. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 309 

 (1887 : Japan) ; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdsehr. Nederl. Ind. xlix. p. 417 

 (1889) ; Whitehead, Ibis, 1890, p. 60 (Palawan) ; Sharpe, t. c. 

 pp. 146, 285 (N. Borneo) ; Heine ^ Beichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 

 p. 308 (1890) ; Stt/an, Ibis, 1891, pp. 327, 492 (Lower Yangtse) ; 

 Salvad. Agy. Orn. Pap. iii. p. 206 (1891) ; DeLa louche, Ibis, 1892, 

 p. 288 (FoochowandSwatow) ; Munn,Ibis, 1894, p. 67 (Calcutta). 



Buphus coromandu8, Swinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 52 (Canton), p. 64 (Amoy, 

 breeding) ; id. Uns, 1862, p. 258 (Foochow) ; id. Ibis, 1863, p. 419 

 (Formosa, breeding) ; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 749 (1864) ; Beavan, 

 Ibis, 1868, p. 397 (Maunbboom) ; Holdsio. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 477 

 (Ceylon) ; Hayes Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 419 (Kathiawar) ; Kelham, 

 Ibis, 1882, p. 193 (Perak); Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, x. 

 pp. 464-478 (1885: Ussuri). 



Herodias coromanda, Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 487 (Timor). 



Ardea coromandelica, Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 183 (1865). 



Buphus coromandelianus, Swinh. Pns, 1866, p. 355 (Formosa). 



Adult in breeding-plumage. General colour above and below like 

 B. lucidus, but the ornamental plumes of a different colour ; the 

 entire head, neck, throat, and fore-neck bright orange ; the dorsal 

 plumes of a distinct vinous sienna, with a golden tinge, the feathers of 

 the fore-neck also tinged with the same colour : " bill yellow ; tibia 

 greenish, tarsi livid, toes blackish ; iris bright yellow " (^J. Scully). 

 Total length about 20 inches, culmen 2-3, wing 10, tail 3-4, 

 tarsus 3'35, middle toe and claw 3. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in every respect, and equally 

 brightly coloured, but slightly smaller : " bill yellow, with an orange 

 tinge from about the middle to the tip ; orbital region pale yellow ; 

 tibia duU greenish, tibio-tarsal joint dull greenish, tarsus black 

 with purplish gloss, toes and claws black; iris light yeUow" 

 (J. Scidly). Total length about 21 inches, culmen 2-15, wing 9*5, 

 tail 3*3, tarsus 3-2, middle toe and claw 2-8. 



Young. Entirely pure white, without any ornamental plumes, but 

 with an orange tinge on the crown. 



