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Ardelflae. 



265. Ardea sumatrana. 



Ardea sumatrana RafB. Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII, p. 325 (1821); Salvad. 

 Ucc. Born. p. 344; Everett, L. B. Born. p. 188; Sharpe, Ibis 1890, 

 p. 146. 



Repeatedly met with on the banks of the Kapoeas River 

 below Poetoes Sibau. No specimens collected. 



H a b. From British India through the Malay Archipelago 

 to Australia. 



266. Buhulcus coromandus. 



Cancroma coromanda Bodd. Tab], PI. Enl. p. 54 (1783). 

 Bubulcus coromandus Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 850; Everett, L. B. Born, 

 p. 189; Sharpe, Ibis 1890, p. 146. 



An adult, pure white female from the Bruny River (Upper 

 Mahakkam); not collected, though rather common, on the 

 Upper Kapoeas. — Iris sulphur-yellow, surrounded with a 

 white ring, bill and bare parts of the face lemon-yellow, feet 

 ashy gray yielding to olive-green. — Contents of stomach: 

 small fish and apparently a number of leeches. 



H a b. From India and Ceylon throughout South-eastern 

 Asia and the Malay Archipelago. 



267. Ardeita sinensis. 



Ardea sinensis Gm. Syst. Nat. I, p. 642 (1788). 

 Ardetla sinensis Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 354; Everett, L. B. Born, p. 

 190; Sharpe, Ibis 1890, p. 148. 



An adult female from Pontianak (Moret). — Iris yellow, 

 bill yellow with the culmen black, feet greenish yellow. 



Hab. From Eastern and South-eastern Asia through the 

 Malay Archipelago and the Philippines to Celebes and Flores. 



268. Ardetta cinnamomea. 



Ardea cinnamomea Gm. Syst, Nat. I, p, 643 (1788). 



Notes from the Leyden ]Museuiri, "Vol. XXI. 



