﻿434 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Sty 
  an 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  strongly 
  barred. 
  Length 
  24 
  in., 
  wing 
  16-75, 
  tail 
  11, 
  tarsus 
  

   3-7. 
  

  

  100. 
  POLIOAETUS 
  PLUMBEUS 
  (Horsf.). 
  

  

  One 
  female, 
  Liuwowan, 
  15th 
  Dec. 
  General 
  colour 
  above 
  

   earthy 
  brown, 
  with 
  indistinct 
  pale 
  margins 
  and 
  faint 
  dark 
  

   shaft-streaks 
  , 
  paler 
  towards 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  neck, 
  which 
  are 
  ashy 
  

   brown; 
  this 
  colour 
  deepens 
  again 
  on 
  the 
  breast, 
  and 
  becomes 
  

   dark 
  earthy 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  breast 
  ; 
  below 
  this 
  the 
  

   underparts, 
  including 
  the 
  thighs 
  and 
  under 
  tail-coverts, 
  are 
  

   pure 
  white. 
  Quills 
  black, 
  the 
  bases 
  slightly 
  mottled 
  with 
  

   white 
  ; 
  secondaries 
  brownish 
  on 
  outer 
  web. 
  Tail, 
  upper 
  

   aspect 
  dark 
  brown, 
  an 
  indistinct 
  broad 
  subterminal 
  bar 
  

   blackish, 
  tipped 
  with 
  pale 
  brown 
  ; 
  under 
  aspect, 
  subterminal 
  

   bar 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  below 
  that 
  finely 
  mottled 
  blackish 
  and 
  

   white. 
  Under 
  wing-coverts 
  and 
  axillaries 
  dark 
  earthy 
  brown 
  

   like 
  the 
  breast. 
  Length 
  23 
  in., 
  wing 
  18, 
  tail 
  9'8, 
  tarsus 
  3. 
  

  

  This 
  specimen 
  is 
  very 
  small, 
  yet 
  I 
  cannot 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  

   bird 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  101. 
  PeLECANUS 
  MANILLENSIS, 
  Gm. 
  

  

  102. 
  Phalacrocorax 
  carbo 
  (L.). 
  

  

  103. 
  [Ardea 
  cinerea, 
  L.] 
  

  

  104. 
  [Herodias 
  garzetta 
  (L.).] 
  

  

  105. 
  Ardeola 
  prasinosceles, 
  Swinhoe. 
  

  

  106. 
  Ardetta 
  sinensis 
  (Gm.). 
  

  

  107. 
  Ardetta 
  flavicollis 
  (Lath.). 
  

  

  108. 
  Nycticorax 
  griseus 
  (L.). 
  

  

  109. 
  Ibis 
  melanocephala 
  (Lath.). 
  

  

  a. 
  Unsexed, 
  Hoihow, 
  10th 
  November. 
  Wing 
  12*75 
  in,, 
  

   tarsus 
  3*75, 
  tail 
  5, 
  bill 
  from 
  gape 
  to 
  tip 
  in 
  straight 
  line 
  5|. 
  

   Entire 
  plumage 
  white; 
  a 
  narrow 
  black 
  line 
  in 
  centre 
  of 
  

   primary 
  shafts 
  towards 
  the 
  tip. 
  Tertiaries 
  one 
  inch 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  primaries, 
  and 
  not 
  much 
  broken. 
  Feathers 
  of 
  lower 
  

   neck 
  broken 
  but 
  not 
  lengthened. 
  Neck 
  bare 
  4 
  inches 
  from 
  

   crown 
  behind, 
  1^^ 
  in. 
  lower 
  in 
  front. 
  

  

  /8. 
  ? 
  , 
  Hoihow, 
  7th 
  September. 
  Much 
  larger. 
  Wing 
  

   14*25 
  in., 
  tarsus 
  4' 
  1, 
  bill 
  6*5, 
  tail 
  6. 
  Shafts 
  of 
  primaries 
  

   entirely 
  black 
  towards 
  extremity. 
  A 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  blackish 
  

  

  