52 Mr. R. Swinhoe on the Ornithologij 



Tip of bUl Naked 

 Length. Wing. TaU. Bill, to eye-angle, tibia. Tarsus. Mid-toe: its claw, 

 in. in. in. in. in. in. in. in. in. 



Male 37A 15 6 4^ 5^ 5 6f 4| f 



Female. ..35 13^ 3| 4 4| 3| 5^ 3t ^ 



Bill blackish brown ; base of culmen and gonys brownish yellow, 

 gradually yielding to the bright chrome of the cere, which tends 

 to greenish in the region of the eye. Iris king's-yellow. The 

 tibia of the male is madder-brown on the highest part ; but this 

 colour, as it descends, soon yields to the blackish brown which 

 prevails throughout the remainder of the legs and claws. 



In the female the yellow on the face is paler, and the tibia 

 pale flesh-brown with a green tinge, which extends as far as the 

 upper portion of the tarsus. 



109. Herodias garzetta (Linn.). 

 Common. 



no. BuPHUs coROMANBUs (Bodd.). 

 Common. 



111. BuTORiDEs JAVANICA (Hoi'sf.). Cautonesc, " Shuy 

 haou haw" 



Met with near Canton. A male specimen in fine plumage was 

 brought to me by a Chinese. Its bill was black, with an ochreous 

 gonys; lore yellowish green. Iris clear yellow. Legs yellowish 

 sea-green on the upper surface, bright orange-ochre on the soles 

 and under surface ; claws dark brown. 



112. Ardeola prasinosceles, Swinh. 



Of frequent occurrence. A male was brought to me at Canton, 

 and I enclose it for Mr. Sclater's inspection, and for that gentle- 

 man to pronounce if he does not really think it distinct from A. 

 leucoptera and A. speciosa^. The bill of this specimen was beau- 

 tifully tinted with yellow and blue. Legs a fleshy yellowish, 

 yellower and tinted with greenish on the toes ; claws brownish. 



* I consider it to be A. speciosa (Horsf.). Mr. Blytli observes, in re- 

 ference to this species, in a letter to Mr. Gurney, " It is curious that the 

 Squacco Heron of Africa (chiefly), the A. leucoptera of India, and the A. 

 speciosa of China, the Philippines, and Java, are so similar in winter dress 

 as hardly (even if at all, with absolute certainty) to be distinguishable, yet in 

 summer garb their colouring is most strikingly different." 



