100 



i.fMs- ARDETTA.— Tail feathers ten; bill serrated. Tibio-tarsus 

 feathered right down to the heel ; middle toe and claw about equal 

 in length to tarsus. 



719. A* Sinensis, Gmelin, Chinese Beron. 



Back and scapulars uniform earthy-brown : crown of head black ; 

 wing coverta light clai colonr; Deck frill vinaceous, also sides of 

 face. Female more rufous idi b of face yellowish-buff. 



STonng has wing coverts broadly centred with dark blown, and 

 crown streaked ; under surface of body much more distinctly 

 streaked. 



Total length, 15*5 in. ; culmen, 21 in. ; tarsus, 2 in. 

 Bab. : 1. 

 720 A. piisilla. \* it-ill. (A. minnta, Ramsay's Tab. List), Little Bittern. 

 (A. minnta, Linn., is considered extra-Australian.) 

 Bill, feet, and apace round the eye yellow : general appearance 

 yellowish-ruf ons ; back and scapulars black; neck full; sides of 

 face and eyebrows bright chestnut. 



Total Length. 10 in. : culmen, 1*8 in. ; tarsus, 1 6 in. 

 Bab. : I. 2, 3, 4, 6. 



GBNUS — DUPETOR. — Bill short and thick ; culmen lower than the tarsus; 

 tarsus equals middle toe and claw. 



721. D. iron Idi. Bparte. (Butorides flavicollis, Gld.), Black Bittern. 

 (D. flavicollis, Lath., not Australian.) 



Upper surface dark slaty-grey ; back and scapular feathers hoary 

 and glossed : wings and tail black ; row of feathers down throat are 

 black ; fore-neck reddish-brown ; abdomen brown. 



Total Length, male 24 in., tarsus 2*6 in. ; female 21 in., tarsus 

 2*6 in. 



Hah. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9. 



(.ims— BOTAURUS.— Hind claw very long, nearly equal to hallux in 

 Length. Cnlmen about equal to inner toe with claw ; bill serrated. 



722 IS. pceciloptilUS, Wagl. (B. australis. Gld ), Bittern. 



Bead and ruff on sides of neck smoky-brown; mantle and scapular.- 

 uniform black ; sides of chest have black-centred feathers ; 

 round eye and feet pale green ; reddish bands on fore-neck. 



Young. — More aniform reddish tint ; quills mottled and barred. 



Hah. : I. 2, 3, 4, •".. 6, !». 



I AMILV— CICONIID^E. 



Hind toe elevated above the plane of the other toes; no powder down 

 patchef : bill not honked -a tlie tip ; both toes webbed at th< 

 the outer one especially ; no pectination on middle claw. 



Sub-family— Ciconiinj . 



Tlie Lower mandible has the genys recurved, never dtcurved. 



XENORHYNCHUS. Culmen very Long, about equal to bh< 



tarsus. 



723 \. :isiatiriis. Lath. (Mycteria australis), Black-necked 



i.labiru). 



I • 1 1 1 1 1 . < _ • above white; under lurface white: head and neck 

 I'd with metallic bluish glossy plumes; Legs and toes ccralred. 

 Tarsus, 1 1 in. ; oilmen, 1 1 ."> in. 



ilab. : 1, 2, 3, (7), 8. 



