148 Lord Walden on a further Collection of 



the expression " the beak is more slender than in the Euro- 

 pean species of this genus " if he had been describing from an 

 example of Tringa crassirostris. 



98. Ardea purpurea, Linn. S. N. i. p. 23. no. 10 (1766). 

 "Port Blair, S. Andaman.^' [Wimberley). 



99. Herodias intermedia (Wagler), Isis, 1829, p. 659, 

 " Java." 



Ardea egrettoides* , Temm. Man. d'Orn. iv. p. 374, "Sicile," 

 errore (1840); Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 115, pi. 69, "Japan, 

 Java" (184-) ; Jerdon, Birds of India, iii. p, 745. no. 926 

 (1864). 



" S. Andaman : Feb. 28, 6 , iris yellow, orbital skin bright 

 yellow, bill dark yellow, legs greenish black," 



The type of this Egret was sent to Leyden by Von Hasselt 

 from Java, with the manuscript name of Ardea intermedia. 

 Wagler, however, was the first to describe the species and 

 publish the title {I. c.) . 



100. Herodias garzetta (Linn.), S. N. i. p. 237. no. 13 

 (1766). 



Ardea nigripes, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. iv. p. 376, " L'Inde 

 et les lies Sondaiques, la Nouvelle Guinee." 



" S. Andaman: Dec. 17, c?, iris yellow, feet green, legs 

 and bill black, skin at base of bill yellow." 



This is the true A. nigripes, Temm., and also of Bonaparte 

 (Consp. ii. p. 119. no. 3), but not A. nigripes, Temm. apud 

 Bp. torn. cit. p. 116 {conf. Schlegel, Mus. P.-Bas, Ardea, 

 pp. 14 & 19). 



101. Ardeola grayi (Sykes), P. Z. S. 1832, p. 158. no. 176, 

 " Dukhun." 



Ardeola leucoptera (Bodd.), Jerdon, Birds of India, iii. 

 p. 751. no. 930. 



" S. Andaman : March 10, J, iris pale yellow, bill orange- 

 yellow, legs pale green ; April 24, $ ." 



In non-breeding-plumage. I have adopted the title refer- 



* Not of S. G. Gmelin, Keise, ii. p. 193, pi. 25, which is a synonym 

 of Ardea alba, Linn. 



