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stead of ocherous. ‘Bill bright ow, tinged with green; culmen black ; 
feet yellowish green; iris golde® yellow.’ (Hverett.)” (Sharpe.) 
“A single specimen secured by us while with the Steere Expedition has 
been identified by Grant as Ardetta eurythma.’ (Bourns and Wor- 
cester MS.) 
Genus DUPETOR Heine and Reichenbach, 1890. 
This genus appears to be very near Jxobrychus but it may be recognized 
by the blackish or slate-colored upper parts. 
152. DUPETOR FLAVICOLLIS (Latham). 
BLACK BITTERN, 
Ardea flavicollis LATHAM, Index Ornith. (1790), 2, 701. 
Dupetor flavicollis SHarre, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1898), 26, 247; Hand- 
List (1899), 1, 203; Oarss, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1902), 2, 133; McoGrecor 
and WorcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 36. 
Cebu (Bourns & Worcester); Luzon (Heriot); Marinduque (Steere Hap.) ; 
Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Goodfellow); Negros (Keay). Celebes, Ceylon, 
Malay and Indian Peninsulas, Indo-Chinese countries, Greater Sunda Islands, 
southern and central China. 
“Adult male-——Above dark slaty gray, feathers of back and scapulars 
somewhat pointed and with a slight hoary gloss; wings and tail blackish, 
glossed with slate-color on the coverts, and with green on some of the 
latter and on the quills; crown and crest-plumes slaty gray; sides of face 
and cheeks black, the latter slightly mottled with rufous; from the 
hinder part of the cheeks a band of golden straw-color runs down the 
sides of the neck, the lower feathers being elongated; throat and fore 
neck prettily variegated with chestnut, black, and white, the chestnut 
predominating on the outer webs of the feathers and the white on the 
inner webs, with a longitudinal streak of black at the end of the latter, 
the long overlapping feathers on the sides of the chest being slaty gray 
with white margins, so that the general appearance of the throat and 
chest is streaked ; remainder of under surface of body slaty gray, includ- 
ing the under wing-coverts, axillars, and quill-lining. ‘Bill dusky red- 
dish brown, lighter below; facial skin purplish brown; eyelids bluish; 
feet dark brown; claws dark horn-color; iris golden brown or pale red.’ 
(Oates). Length, 508; culmen, 84; wing, 203; tail, 63; tarsus, 67; 
middle toe with claw, 76. 
“Adult female.—Does not differ from the male. Length, 508; culmen, 
31; wing, 203; tail, 68; tarsus, 66; middle toe with claw, 74. 
“The slaty gray shade in the plumage appears to be a sign of the breed- 
ing season, as some of the winter specimens are black with a greenish 
gloss on the upper surface. 
