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Adult female. Differs from the male in lacking the scarlet 

 nuchal collar. 



This is, no doubt, the species identified by Mr. Styan 

 (Ibis, 1893, p. 431) as L. pyrrhotis (Hodgs.), but it is at 

 once distinguished from that species by the dark colour of 

 the back and by the uniform thighs and under tail-coverts. 



6. Nycticorax magnifica, sp. n. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to N. leuconotus (Wagl.) 

 from Africa, but differing chiefly in the following par- 

 ticulars : — The back is uniform brown like the wings ; some 

 of the feathers of the lower back have a subterminal oval 

 white spot at the extremity; a white band runs from behind 

 the eye to the base of the long black crest (3 inches in 

 length) ; the chin, throat, and fore part of the sides of the 

 neck are white ; the hinder parts of the sides of the neck 

 chestnut ; the middle of the fore-neck dark reddish brown, 

 widely edged on either side with black ; some of the inter- 

 mediate feathers with pale buff middles ; the rest of the 

 underparts white, with Avide irregular margins of reddish 

 brown ; and the thighs are dark reddish brown. ^'Iris dark 

 brown ; skin round the eye and base of bill sulphur greenish 

 yellow ; bill black ; feet pea-green." — J. W. 



Total length about 20 inches, culraen 3*1, wing 11*9, 

 tail 4"9, tarsus 2*95. 



This magnificent species is not really very closely allied to 

 any known form ; the style of the coloration on the under- 

 parts is most like that of Gorsachius melanolophus. 



7. Genn^us whiteheadi, sp. n. 



The male of this remarkably fine species is most nearly 

 allied to G. nycthemerus, but differs conspicuously in many 

 important particulars. 



Adult male. Nape and upper mantle pure white ; each 

 feather of the lower mantle, back, rump, shorter upper tail- 

 coverts, and wing-coverts with one black submargiual band 

 on each web forming an arrow-shaped black marking, which 

 gradually increases in width towards the tail, most of the 

 feathers being also narrowly fringed with black. Longer 



