334f TWO CENTENARIES AMD A QUARTER 



from the front 2-^ inches ; wings 65 ; tarsus l-^g ; middle toe 

 and claw the same ; naked space above the knee hardly -f^. 



158. Egretta Javanica. 



Resembles E. scapular is ; but the thighs are nearly 

 feathered to the joints and the inner toe is much the 

 shortest. 



Inhabits Java. Ardea Javanica, Horsf. Lin. Tr. xiii. 

 p. 326. 



Not having an adult specimen of this species,'! can only 

 point out its peculiar characters. In its general dimensions, it 

 appears much the same as scapularis ; but the tarsi and toes 

 are much shorter, the inner toe is conspicuously shorter than 

 the outer, and the naked space above the knee is hardly -jI of 

 an inch. Length of the bill 2\ inches ; wings 7 ; tarsus \-^^ ; 

 middle toe and claw Ifg. 



1 59- Egretta plumhea. 



Small : scapulars entire : inner toe longer than the 

 outer. Plumage dark lead colour : throat white_, with a 

 central black stripe : lower neck and breast feathers 

 half black, half creamy : body and vent striped with 

 fulvous and dark cinereous. 



Inhabits Senegal : probably the Ardea Sturmii of 

 Wagler, imperfectly described. 



Size of scapularis. Feathers on the sides of the body broadly 

 striped on each side with ferruginous : bill deep black : legs 

 pale brown. Bill, front Ifg inches; wings 6\; tarsus 1^; mid- 

 dle toe and claw lf|; naked space above the knee-y''g. It is 

 by this species that the egrets blend into the bitterns ; all of 

 which have the inner toe longer than the outer, and the sca- 

 pulars entire. This interesting bird forms the passage between 

 Egretta and Butor. 



160. Parr a atricoUis. 



Rufous : chin, ears, and fore part of the neck, black : 

 hinder part and rump white ; quills black. 

 Inhabits India ? Mus. Nost. 



Total length 11 inches; bill, gape 1^; wings 5| ; tarsus 

 2fg ; hind toe and claw 3 ; middle ditto 3i. Size and struc- 

 ture of P. Afiicana. Tubercle on the shoulder minute, yellow. 



