228 AEDEIB^. 



1882, p. 196 (Siugjapore ; Perak) ; Salvad. Ami. Mus. Genov, 

 xviii. p. 335 (1882) ; id. Orn. Papuasia, iii. p. 363 (1882 : 

 Amboina) ; Oates, Handb. B. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 257 (1883) ; 

 Vorderm. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xliv. p. 238 (1884 : Java) ; 

 Blakist. Amended List B. Japan, p. 12 (1884 : Yezo) ; Murray, 

 Vertebr. Faun. Sind, p. 274 (1884) ; Finsch, Voy. der Siidsee, 

 p. 21 (1884 : New Britain) ; Seeb. Ibis, 1884, p. 268 (Kiukiang, 

 June) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 665 (Andai) ; WardUno Ramsay, 

 Ibis, 1886, p. 162 (Luzon) ; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. 

 xlv. p. 23 (1886 : Borneo) ; Stejn. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 284 

 (1887) ; Salvad. Sr Gicjl. Ucc. Viagg. ' Yettm- Pisani; p. 130 (1888) ; 

 Oust. Le Nat. 1889, p. 261 (Marianne Isl.) ; Vorderm. Nat. 

 Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xlix. p. 417 (1889 : Sumatra) ; Oates, ed. 

 Hume's Nests Sj- Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 255 (1890) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1890, p. 148 (Abai, N. Borneo) ; Ifeme ^ Reichen. Nomencl. Mus, 

 Hein. p. 308 (1890 : Timor) ; Salvad. Agg. Orn. Papuasia, iii. 

 p. 206 (1891) ; Styan, Ibis, 1891, pp. 327, 492 (Lower Yangtse) ; 

 Wiglesiv. Abhandl. K. Mus. Dresden, no. 6, p. 68 (1891 : Marianne 

 Isl. ; Caroline Isl. ; Uap ; Ruk ; Pelew Is.) ; De la Touche, Ibis, 

 1892, p. 489 (Swatow; Foochow) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 434 

 (Hainan). 



" Ardea melanotis, Ciiv.," Gray, Gen. B. iii. App. p. 25 (1849 : err.) ; 

 Pucker. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1851, p. 375. 



Ardea melanophis, Cuv. Mus. Paris ; Pucker, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 

 1851, p. 375. 



Ardea melanoptera, Cuv. ; Pucker. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1851, p. 375. 



Ardeola sinensis, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 133 (1855) ; Wallace, P. Z. S, 

 1863, p. 487 (Flores). 



Ardea (Ardetta) sinensis. Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Isl. Pacijic Ocean, 

 p. 49 (1859). 



Ardea lepida, E. Newton, Ibis, 1867, p. 343. 



Ardetta pulchra, Ilutne, Str. F. i. pp. 308, 309, 422 (1873: Anda- 

 mans). 



Botaurus sinensis, Reicken. J. f. 0. 1877, p. 244 ; Seeb, B. Japan. 

 Emp.-p. 227 (1890: Japan generally). 



Ardetta sp. incogn., Seeb. Ibis, 1879, p. 27 (Japan). 



Adult male. Above earthy brown, slightly tinged with rufous^ 

 more especially on the scapulars ; wing-coverts clay-brown, the 

 greater series rather paler on the edges ; edge of wing white ; 

 bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, slightly shaded 

 with ashy ; the inner secondaries brown, tinged with rufous ; lower 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ashy grey, the last-named 

 somewhat darker ; tail-feathers black ; crown of head and nape 

 black ; sides of face, ear-coverts, and sides of neck vinous, becoming 

 chestnut on the long friU-like feathers of the latter ; throat white, 

 mesially streaked with yellowish buflf, like the rest of the under 

 surface ; thighs more tawny rufous ; lower abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts white ; on each side of the upper breast a patch of de- 

 pendent feathers, of a blackish ground with yellowish-buff margins ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries pure white ; quills slaty below, 

 with paler grey at the ends : " eyelids and facial skin green ; upper 

 mandible dark brown on the culmen, and pinkish brown on the 

 margins ; lower mandible pinkish brown, turning to green towards 

 the tip ; the toes and tibio-tarsal joint pale yellow ; tarsus dull 



