84 ARDEA PURPUREA MADAGASCARIENSIS. 
Dr. Sharpe in the Catalogue of Birds, vol. XXVI, 
1898, p. 63, stated that Ardea purpurea is wintering in 
most parts of Africa and in Madagascar; as to Madagascar 
I presume, that all the specimens which have been record- 
ed from that island, belong to the darker form, which is 
likely peculiar to that island; that Ardea purpurea is also 
nesting in South Africa has been observed by Dr. J. Kirk, 
who found this species breeding at the Zambesi (Ibis, 
1864, p. 332). 
Of Ardea purpurea L. and allies there are in the Leyden 
Museum the following specimens: 
Ardea purpurea L., 20 specimens from the Netherlands, 
3 from other parts of Europe, 1 specimen from western 
Africa, Goldcoast, and 2 from South Africa, Cape. 
Ardea purpurea manilensis Meyen, 1 specimen from the 
Philippines, 5 from Java, 2 from Bawean Isl, 1 from 
Kangean Isl., 3 from Sumatra, 1 from Borneo, 6 from 
Celebes, 1 from Soembawa, 1 from Rotti near Timor and 
1 from Hindostan. 
Ardea purpurea madagascariensis Van Oort, two speci- 
mens from Madagascar. 
Leyden Museum, February 1910. 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXXII. 
