29. ARDETTA. 237 



Egretta cinnamomea, Hodys. Icon, iyied. in Brit. Mus., Gralla, pi. 18 

 (no. 624) ; id. in Grays Zool. Misc. p. 86 (1844). 



Ardetta sinensis (wee Gm.), Gray, List Grallce Brit. Mus. p. 83 (pt., 

 1844: spec. a). 



Ardetta cinnamomea, Gray, List Grallee Brit. Mus. p. 83 C1844) ; 

 id. Gen. B. iii. p. 556 (1847) ; Blijth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 282 

 (1849: Calcutta); Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 65 (Anioy ; summer), 

 1861, p. 53(nongkon?-; Macao; Canton); id. Ibis, 1862, p. 2.58 

 (Foochow), 1863, p. 422 (Formosa) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 18(53, p. 223 

 (Ranjarmassin) ; Jird. B. Ind. iii. p. 755 (1864); Hume, Ibis, 

 1870, p. 438 (Tippera) ; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 413; Holdsu: 

 P. Z. IS. 1872, p. 478; Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 311 (1874: Tillan- 

 chong) ; Ball, t. c. p. 435 (Oodeypur) ; Salrad. Ucc. Born. p. 354 

 (1874); Blytk ^- IVald. D. Burm. p. 160 (1875: Avakan; Ran- 

 goon); Walden, Tr. Z. S. ix. pt. 2, p. 2.37 (1875: Philippines); 

 Fairb. Str. F. iv. p. 263 (1876 : Mahabaleshwar) ; mime, Str. F. 

 V. p. 47 (Cachar ; migrant) ; Oates, t. c. p. 168 (Pegu ; breeding) ; 

 Tiveedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 703 (Luzon) ; David ^- Oust. Ois. Chine, 

 p. 447 (1877: China, summer; Manchuria); Tiveedd. P. Z. S. 

 1878, p. 345 (S. Leyte) ; id. t. c. p. 953 (Zamboanga) ; Hume 8^ 

 Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 483 (1878: S. Tenasserim only; W. of 

 Sittang R.) ; Butler, Str. F. \n. p. 177 (1878: E. Narra, breed- 

 ing) ; Ball, t. c. p. 231 (Sirjuja) ; St. John, t. c. p. 271 (Ajmere) ; 

 Cripps, t. c. p. 308 (Faridpur, breeding) ; Hrnne, t. c. p. 490 

 (Calcutta, breeding) ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind etc. p. 70 (1879 : Sind, 

 breeding) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 71 (Malacca), p. 114 (1879) ; 

 Butler, Cat. B. S. Bomb. Pres. p. 83 (1880 : Belgaum, breeding) ; 

 Biwjham, Str. F. viii. p. 197 (1880 : Sinzaway) ; Doir/, t. c. p. 372 

 (E. Narra, breeding) ; Oates, Str. F. x. p. 243 (1882) ; Kelham, Ibis, 

 1882, pp. 189, 195 (Singapore; Perak) ; Oates, Handb. B. Brit. 

 Burm. ii. p. 256 (1883 : breeding) ; Blasius, J. f. O. 1884, p. 219 

 (S.E. Borneo) ; Murray, Vertebr. Faun. Sind, p. 274 (1884) ; 

 Vorderm. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xlvi. p. 2:^ (1886: Borneo) ; 

 Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. ix. p. 81 (1886: Sumatra) ; Vorderm. 

 Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xlix. p. 417 (1889 : Sumatra) ; Everett, 

 Journ. As. Soc. Straits Brcc7ich, 1889, p. 190 (Labuan ; Banjar- 

 massin ; Negaka) ; Oates, ed. Huine's Nests Sf Eygs Ind. B. iii. 

 p. 262 (1890); Heine Sf Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 308 

 (1890 : Sumatra ; Luzon) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1890, pp. 147, 285 

 (Labuan) ; Styan, Ibis, 1891, pp. 327, 493 (Lower Yangtse, 

 summer) ; De la Touche, Ibis, 1802, p. 489 (Swatow; Foochow). 



Ardea sinensis (wee Gm.), Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodgs. 

 p. 134 (1846). 



Ardeola cinnamomea, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 132 (1855) ; id. C. R. xl. 

 p. 722, no. 112 (1855). 



Ardea (Ardeola) cinnamomea, Schrenck, Reis. Amurl. p. 447, Taf. xiv. 

 figs. 1, 2 (1859 : Amoor, breeding) ; Radde, Reis. Sibir., Vog. 

 p. 344 (1863 ; Ditschum Valley). 



Ardeiralla cinnamomea, Legge, B. Ceylon, p, 1162 (1879). 



Adult male. Entirely cinnamon-rufous above, including the wings 

 and tail ; sides efface and ear-coverts also cinuamon-rufous ; cheeks 

 a little lighter rufous ; throat ashy white, with a median streak of 

 tawny rufous, which extends down the throat and fore-neck, being 

 streaked with blackish longitudinal marks on the outer webs of the 

 feathers ; lower throat, fore-neck, breast, sides of body, and thighs 

 tawny rufous ; abdomen white ; under tail-coverts tawny buflf ; 



