64 Mr. R. Swinhoe on the Ornithology of Amoy (China). 



112. HeRODIAS EGRETTA (Liim.) ? 



A large white heron is seen occasionally in winter among the 

 river marshes ; it is not yet identified. 



113. Herodias garzetta (Linn.). 



The common species here all the year through ; builds 

 in heronries in large Banyan-trees. 



114. Herodias eulophotes, n. sp. 



This differs from H. garzetta strikingly in having a yellow bill, 

 full-crested occiput, and shorter legs. It is a rare and soli- 

 tary species. Length 27 inches ; wing 9"25 ; bill from tip to gape 

 3*75 ; tarsus 3'00 ; naked part of the tibia about 1*75; middle toe 

 2*25, its claw "25. Legs greenish black; feet olive-brown, patched 

 in places with yellow. Bill orange-yellow, becoming flesh-coloured 

 and purplish on the lores and round the eye. Irides pearl- 

 white. A number of loose feathers spring from the occiput, 

 forming a full ornamental crest, the highest ones being longest 

 and measuring 44 inches each, the length diminishing gradually 

 in the lower ones. Long loose feathers also spring from the lower 

 neck, as also from the back, whereas in H. garzetta they be- 

 come decomposed into hair-like silky webs curling upwards at 

 their ends. This bird appears to have considerable affinity with 

 H. candidissima of N. American ornithology. 



115. Herodias asha (Sykes). 

 One specimen shot in spring. 



116. BuPHUs coROMANDUs (Bodd.). {Ardearussataf'Yemm.) 

 Common in summer, building in flocks on Banyan-trees. 



117. Ardeola PRASiNoscELES, n. sp. 



Male shot in ]\lay. Apical half of bill black, middle por- 

 tion chrome-yellow, base and cere indigo-grey. Legs green- 

 ish chrome. Irides orange- yellow. Head and neck indian 

 red, gradually changing into purple as it descends to the 

 back. Throat, median line of under neck, belly, rump, and 

 wings white. Back having long, loose, bluish-grey feathers, 

 decomposed and hair-like. Lower part of the neck with feathers 

 long and hair-like, nearly covering the blue feathers of the 

 breast. Crest composed of two long subulated feathers 4*25 in. 



