AEDEID^. 289 



dusky green, lightest on the tibia and the upper part of 

 the tarsus ; the under surface of the toes is yellowish. 



339. Herodias alba (Linn.). European Greater Egret. 



Ardea alba, Gould's Birds of Europe, pi. 276. 

 Herodias melanorhyncha, Hartlaub's Orn. Westafr. No. 630. 

 Ardea alia, Finsch & Hartlaub's Vogel Ost-Afrika's, p. 683. 

 Herodias alba, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 10108. 



Iris reddish yellow, bill black, naked part round the 

 eyes light green, tarsus black. 

 Measurements of a male : 



in. lin. 



Entire length 36 



Length of folded wing 15 6 



tarsus 66 



middle toe 44 



tail 6 10 



bill 60 



[Mr. Andersson's last collection contained a single specimen 

 of this species, which, I infer from his notes, was killed either in 

 Damara or in Ovampo Land, probably the latter ; but I have been 

 unable to ascertain the exact locality in which it was obtained. 

 The bill in this example was black, as described in the note above 

 quoted, indicating that the bird was killed in the breeding- 

 season, the bill being black in this species at that period, and 

 yellow in winter. ED.] 



340. Herodias intermedia (Wagl.). Short-billed Egret. 



Ardea intermedia, Wagler, in Isis, 1829, p. 659. 



Herodias plumiferus, Gould's Birds of Australia, vol. vi. pi. 57. 



Herodias brachyrhynchos, A. Brehm, in Journal fur Orn. 1858 r p, 471. 



Egrettaflavirostris, Bonaparte's Consp. Av. vol. ii. p. 116. 



Ardea egretta, Layard's Oat. No. 583. 



Ardea intermedia, Finsch & Hartlaub's Vogel Ost-Afrika's, p. 686. 



Herodias intermedia, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 10110. 



I obtained these Herons both at Lake Ngami and at 



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