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and under tail-coverts whiter ; under wing-coverts deep ochreous,- 

 ■with ashy bases ; a patch of brown feathers at the sides of the 

 breast, all edged with ochre. Total length 12 inches, culmen 1'95, 

 wing 5*5, tail 1*45, tarsus 1-9. 



Young. Like the old female, but blackish brown above, the wing- 

 coverts maroon-chestnut, and all the iipper parts spotted with whit© 

 instead of ochreous : " bill bright yellow, tinged with green ; culmen 

 black ; feet yellowish green ; iris golden yellow " (A. H. Everett). 



Hah. From Eastern Siberia to the Japanese Islands, throughout 

 China to Borneo and Celebes. 



a, b. S ad. et 5 



]uv. sk. 

 c, d. Imm. sk. 

 e, f, g. Ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 h, i. (S ad. sk. 

 k. Ad. sk. 

 I. Imm. sk. 

 m. Imm. sk. 



n. 9 imm. sk. 



0. Imm. sk. 



Hakodadi, June, July {Capt. 



JBlah'ston). 

 Yokohama {H. Fryer). 

 Chefoo, May, June {It. Swin- 



hoe). 

 Chefoo, May {E. S.). 

 Amoy {B. S.). 

 Lab u an. 

 Sandakan, N. Borneo {H. 



Pryer), 

 Bintulu, Sarawak. 



Baram, Sept. 1. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 H. Veitch, Esq. [P.]. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 



A. H. Everett, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 A. H. Everett, Esq, 



[C.]. 



32. ARDEIRALLUS. 



Ardeiralla, Verr. MSS. (teste Hartl. ^- Bp.) . . 

 Range. Confined to Africa. 



Type. _ 

 A. sturmi. 



1. Ardeirallus sturmi. 



Ardea sturmi, Wagl. Syst. Av., Ardea, p. 191, sp. 37 (1827) ; Gi'ay ^ 

 Mitchell, Gen. B. iii. p. 556, pi. 150 (1847) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. 

 p. 224 (1857); id. J.f. 0. 1861, p. 270; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, 

 ArdeiB, p. 45 (1863 : S. Africa ; Gold Coast ; Senegal) ; Gurney, 

 Ibis, 1868, p. 256 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 30, no. 10145 (1871) ; 

 Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. Abth. i. p. 1078 (1873 : E. Kordofan) ; 

 Hohib ^- Pelz. Beitr. Orn. Siidafr. p. 276 (1882 : Zambesi ; Panta- 

 matenka) ; SJostedt, K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockh. xxvii. p. 34 

 (1895 : Cameroous) ; id. Mitth. deutsch. Schutzgeb. viii. p. 16 

 (1895). 



Cancrophaga gutturalis. Smith, Rep. S. Afr. Exped., App. p. 67 

 (1836). 



Egretta plumbea, Sicaiiis. An. in Menag. p. 334 (1837). 



Aidetta sturmi, Grar/, List Grallce in Brit. Mtis. p. 83 (1844 : 

 Gambia) ; Reichenb. Handb., Grail, tab. xxx. fig. 2392 (1851) ; Bp. 

 Consp. Av. ii. p. 131 (1855) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 387 (Fantee) ; 

 id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 150 (Rio Dande) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 699 

 (Pangani E.) ; id. Ibis, 1882, p. 364 (Mashoona) ; id. Ibis, 1888, 

 p. 304 (Jipi ; Tangani) ; Heine ^ Reichen. Nomeyicl. Mus. Hein. 

 p. 308 (1890) ; Meade- Waldo, Ibis, 1890, p. 430 (Laguna, 

 Canaries), 1893, p. 198 ; Reichen. Vbg. deutsch- Ost-Afr. p. 64 

 (1894). 



