Anthrapdides Stanlei/anus, 2S5 



Rostrum paliide rubrum. Caput tun)idum, plumis mollibus. 

 Cttudce, remigum, scapularium, pectorisque plamae apice acuto, 

 hujuS longae dependentes. Remiges secundariae longisslmae. Irides 

 eastaneo-nigrae. Longitudo corpom ab apice rostri ad apicem cau- 

 dae, 3 Ped., 6; alee a carpo ad remigem 3*""°, 1 Pes, 9; caudce^ 

 9 ; rostri, 4 ; tarsi, 8, 



Habitat iu India Orieiitali. 

 Viri Illustrissimi Edouardi Baronis Stanley, Societatis Lin- 

 neanae Pio-Prassidis, scientiae Oruithologicae peritissimi, et 

 Musei Zoologici longe lateque celeberrinii digni possessoris^ 

 ha2C iiobilis speciosissimaque avis nomine honoretur. 



The genus Anthropo'idcs of M. Vieillot, hitherto limited to the 

 two Linnean species of Ardea, the A. pavonina, and A. Virgo^ 

 receives a signal addition in this noble species. The bird from 

 which our figure and description have been taken is now alive iu th^ 

 Menagerie at the Tower ; and forms one of the most interesting 

 objects of that collection, which is at present particularly rich in 

 rare and valuable animals. We are indebtedVor the liberty of de- 

 scribing it to the kindness of Mr. Cops, the keeper of the 

 collection, to whose singular attention and intelligence in per- 

 forming the duties of his office, we beg leave to bear our ready 

 and cordial testimony. The species is closely allied to the An- 

 thropo'ides Virgo, Vieill., and by casual observers indeed has beeit 

 considered a variety of that bird. Its general form and the dis- 

 position of its colours are nearly the same. But it is much taller 

 than the Demoiselle, has a different appearance about the head, 

 the feathers of which are close and soft, and seem as if swelled 

 out into a kind of puff; and it is devoid of those tufts, which 

 rise from each side of the head of the Numidiau bird. The 

 secondary quill feathers also appear considerably longer : one of 

 these which I measured extended above a yard in length, and 

 must originally have been longer, as the ends of all these feathers 

 were much worn and broken. The same feathers in the Anth. 

 Fir go, although much longer than in most birds, are not above 

 one third of that length ; ?s far at least as I can determine from 

 the rxamination of oitly one f-pecimen, which is in the British 



