PYRRHERODIAS. Ill 



Bubulcus coromandus (Plate V. tig. 2). This is so invariably the 

 case that it is not necessary to make any further reference to the 

 colour of the Herons' eggs except in those few genera (Gorsachius, 

 Bubulcus, Ardetta, Dupetor, and Botaurus} where there is a general 

 departure from the normal colour above described. 



Genus PYRRHERODIAS, Finsch $> Hartl. 



Pyrrherodias purpurea (Linn.). 



Ardea purpurea, Thien. J*\)rtpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixix. fig. 5 (1845-54) ; 

 Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 59. fig. 7 (1855-63) ; Hewitson, Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 312, pi. Ixxxii. fig. iii (1856) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1869, 

 p. 302 ; Layard, Ibis, 1869, p. 376 ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 390 ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 217 (1875); Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds 8. 

 Africa, p. 710 (1875-84) ; Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. 

 p. 149 (1882) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 473, pi. 38 (1884) ; Milne- 

 Edwards 8f Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madaq., Ois. ii. p. 543, pi. 305. 

 fig. 8 (1885) ; Irby, Orn. Sir. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 200 (1895) ; Seebohm, 

 Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 60, pi. 17. fig. 3 (1896). 



Plioyx purpurea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 60 (1898). 



' nr~ 



Pyrrherodias purpurea, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 193 (] 



The eggs of the Western Purple Heron vary from 2 to 2'35 in 

 length, and from 1*47 to 1'75 in breadth. 



6. South Spain. Lord Lilford [P.]. 



2. Albufera de Valencia, Spain, 24th Seebohm Coll. 



May (H. Saunders). 



3. Albufera de Valencia, 29th May Seebohm Coll. 



(H. S.\. 



1. Casas Viejas, Cadiz, 16th May Seebohm Coll. 

 (L. H. Irby}. 



4. Capelle, Holland, 24th May. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 1. Horster Mere, Holland, 23rd May. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Naarden Mere, Holland, 29th May Crowley Bequest. 



(P. Crowley}. 



4. Hansag Lake, Hungary, May. Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 



4. Bulgaria. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Fao, Persian Gulf, 24th April. W. D. Cumming, Esq. HP.]. 

 1. Potchefstroom, Transvaal (T. Ayres}. Seebohm Coll. 



1. South Africa (E. L. Layard}. " Seebohm Coll. 



4. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.], 

 1. Madagascar. Crowley Bequest. 



Pyrrherodias manillensis (Meyeri). 



Ardea purpurea, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 1132 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume. 



Nests $ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 235 (1890). 



Ardea manillensis, Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iv. p. 381 (1898). 

 Phyox manillensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 63 (1898). 

 Pyrrherodias manillensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 194 (1899). 



The eggs of the Eastern Purple Heron range from 1-95 to 2*45 

 in length, and from 1-42 to l'7o in breadth. 



