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ample which has the pectoral band least developed the nape is most 

 rufous, and this is the case in a Celebean individual without a trace 

 of a pectoral band, the nape being pure bright rufous, and in others 

 from Queensland. The dimensions of birds from all three localities 

 hardly vary. 



80. Rhyacophilus glareola (182). 

 Shot in February and March. 



81. Tringoides hypoleucus (183). 



[Monte Alban. a, c? : iris brown ; bill dark vandyke brown ; legs 

 greenish grey ; nails black, b, c?: iris brown ; bill and nails black ; 

 legs greenish lead-grey.] 



Shot in February and March. 



82. Gallinago scolopacina(187). 



[Monte Alban. a, <S , February: iris brown ; legs greenish grey ; 

 nails black.] 



83. RhYNCHjEA CAPENSIS(189). 



[Monte Alban. c?, February.] 



84. Ardetta cinnamomea(192). 



[San Mateo, a, S (adult) : iris bright yellow ; legs and feet bright 

 olive-green; bill yellow shaded with olive- brown on the culmen; 

 February, b, S (uot mature) : iris bright yellow ; bill greenish 

 yellow, culmen to apex darkened with greenish brown ; legs yellow- 

 green ; soles of feet yellow ; claws light brown, c, $ (immature) ; 

 iris golden yellow ; legs and feet bright olive-green ; bill greenish- 

 yellow at base ; culmen dark olive-brown ; February.] 



85. Herodias garzetta (195). 



[Monte Alban. $ , March : iris bright yellovi' ; bill black, base 

 yellow ; legs black ; feet greenish-yellow dotted with black ; claws 

 dark brown.] 



Two examples are sent by Mr. Everett shot in March, and both 

 marked 5 • Out! is in full breeding-plumage with two long occipital 

 plumes, a fully developed pectoral tuft, and a long dorsal train. In 

 the other these appendages are absent, the bill being black in both. 

 In dimensions they agree ; and they belong strictly to the race named 

 Ardea nigripes by Temminck. 



Wing 10'25 inches, tarsus 3*50, culmen 3"0. 



86. BuTORiDES javanica(197). 



[Monte Alban. 5 : iris golden ; bill black ; lower half, cere, and 

 orbital skin light yellow ; legs green ; soles orange ; nails brown. 

 March.] 



Immature. 



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