PTRRHERODIAS. Ill 



Buhulcus coromaadus (Plate V. tig. 2). This is so invariably the 

 case that it is not necessary to make any further reference to the 

 ■colour of the Herons' eggs except in those few genera {Gorsachius, 

 Buhulcus, Ardetta, Dupetor, and Botaurus) where there is a general 

 departure from the normal colour above described. 



Genus PYRRHERODIAS, Flnsch 4- Hard. 



Pyrrherodias purpurea (Linn.). 



Ardea purpurea, Thien. Forfpjlanz. (/es. Tog. tab. Ixix. fig. 5 (1845-54) ; 

 Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vo<j. tab. 59. fig. 7 (1855-63) ; Heioitson, Eyqs 

 of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 312, pi. Ixxxii. tig. iii (1856) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1869, 

 p. 302; Layard, Ibis, 1869, p. 376; Saimders, Ibis, 1871, p. 390; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 217 (1875); Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. 

 Africa, p. 710 (1875-84); Cowan, Proc. R. Fhys. Soc. Edin. \i\. 

 p. 149 (1882) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 473, pi. 38 (1884) ; Milne- 

 Edwards <^- Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madaq., Ois. ii. p. 543, pi. 305. 

 fig. 8 (1885) ; Irby, Orn. Str. Gibr. 2ud ed. p. 200 (1895) ; Seebohm, 

 Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 60, pi. 17. fig. 3 (1896). 



Phoyx purpurea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 60 (1898). 



Pyrrherodias purpurea, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 193 (1899). 



The eggs of the Western Purple Heron vary from 2 to 2"35 in 

 length, and from l*-47 to 1*75 in breadth. 



6. South Spain. Lord Lilford [P.]. 



2. Albufera de Valencia, Spain, 24th Seebohm Coll. 



May {H. Saunders). 



3. Albufera de Valencia, 29th May Seebohm Coll. 



{H. S.). 

 1. Casas Viejas, Cadiz, 16th May Seebohm Coll. 

 (L. H. Irby). 



4. CapeUe, Holland, 24th May. Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 1. Horster Mere, Holland, 23rd May. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Naarden Mere, Holland, 29th May Crowley Bequest. 



(P. Crowky). 



4. Hansag Lake, Hungary, May. Dr. E,. Bowdler Sharpe [P.l. 



4. Bulgaria. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Fao, Persian Gulf, 24th April. W. D. Cumniing, Esq. [P.]. 

 1. Potchefstroom, Transvaal (T. ,4vrM). Seebohm Coll. 



1. South Africa {E. L. Layard). Seeboiim Coll. 



4. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 

 1. Madagascar. Crowley ]iequest. 



Pyrrherodias manillensis (Meyen). 



Ardea purpurea, Lp(/(/e, Birds Cci/lon, p. 1132 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, 



Nests ^- Eggs hid. B. iii. p. 235 (1890). 

 •Vrdea manillensis, Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ltd., Bird.^, iv. p. 381 (1898). 

 Phyox manillensis. Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 03 (1898). 

 Pyrrherodias manillensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 194 (1899). 



The eggs of the Eastern Purple Heron range from 1-95 to 2-45 

 in length, and from 1-42 to 1-75 in breadth. 



