68. Numenius phaeopus vai-iegatus (f^i^^op.) (.Migiautj. 



[Scolujjttx riiueopits Linn., Si/'<t. Xal. ed. x. (1758) p. 146 (hab. in Europa — 

 tvp. Sueciii, ex Fauna Suecicaj.] 



Ta)il<ilus V(n-iei/(das h^copoli. Del. Flor. at Fawn. Imubr. ii. (1786) p. 92 (ex 

 Sonnerat : Luzon). 



<?, 15uton, November 1901 ^No. 4145). 



?, Tomia, December 1901 (No. 4366). 



? , IJinongka, December 1 901 (No. 4264). 



d, Wantjee, December 1901 i^No. 4455). 



1 cJ, :5 ? ?, Kalidupa, January 1902 (Nos. 4543-4546). 

 ^Migrant from the north. 



69. Ardea sumatrana Kaftl. 

 Ardea sumalrana luiffl.. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 1822. p. 325 (Sumatra). 



2 ? ?, Tomia and Binongka, December 1901 (Nos. 4620, 4621 J. 



" Iris golden yellow (chromeous), bill black, greenish luidenieath (pale yellowish 

 underneath), feet dull black, soles yellow." 



70. Demiegretta sacra (Gm). 



1 J (white;, 1 ? (white;, 1 ¥ (black; Binongka, December 1901 ^Nos. 4484, 

 4485, 4406). 



71. Butorides javanica (Horsf.; (? subsp.). 



Ardea javanica Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc. laond. xiii. \i. 190 (1821 : Java). 



Tiie bill in the specimens from Celebes, the Tukang-Besi Islands and Buru is 

 remarkably small, being as a rule slenderer and from 5 to 10 mm. shorter than in 

 those fi-om Java, Borneo, and the I.iesser .Sunda Islands. I am convinced that a close 

 examination of a sufficient number of examples from vavious localities would enable 

 us to divide B. javanica into several local forms. 



2 (?<?, 1 ?, S.W. Buton, November 1901 (Nos. 4140, 4147, 4156). 



3 J J (1 juv.), Kalidupa, January 1902 (Nos. 4617—4619;. 



72. Dupetor flavicollis (Lath.; (? subsp.). 



Ardea tfauicvllia Latham, Ind. Urn. ii. p. 701 (1790 : "hab. in India"'). 



It seems tliat Celebesian examples are as a rule darker, less reddish, on the 

 foreneck than Indian ones ; but our series is not sutiicient to come to a definite 

 conclusion as to the constancy of this character. 



(J, Kalidupa, 7. i. 1902. '-Iris bright yellowish che.stnut brown, feet blackish 

 brown, bill black, pale brownish at base, yellowisli white below." 



73. Sterna media Ilorsf. 

 Sterna media Horsf, Trau/i. Linn. Sue. xiii. p. 198 (1820 : Java). 

 6 ?, Kalidupa, 9. i. 1902. "Iris dark coffee-brown, bill yellowish (chromo- 

 ochreous), feet bliuk." 



