438 BIRDS OCCURRING* IN INDIA NOT DESCRIBED 



845 quat— jffilgialitis asiatica, Pall. 



Though this is very similar to JE. vereda, it is always smaller 

 and has a smaller slenderer bill than this latter ; moreover in 

 asiatica the axillaries are white, while in vereda they are dark 

 smoke grey. It is easily distinguishable from JE. mongola, by 

 its longer tarsus. I quote the following : — 



" Description. — Adult in Summer. — Bill black, moderately long, 

 slender ; crown, nape, the whole of the back and wings above 

 hair brown ; forehead, eyebrows, eyelids, sides of the face and 

 throat pure white ; across the breast a broad rufous band, the 

 lowest feathers of which, in some specimens, are terminated by 

 dark umber brown ; thence to the extremities of the under 

 tail-coverts, pure white ; primaries brownish black ; the shafts 

 of all mesially white ; secondaries long, extending nearly to 

 the end of the primaries ; axillaries white ; tail moderately 

 long ; the outer feathers on each side smoke grey ; the others 

 darker in colour as they approach the middle (in immature 

 birds each margined at the extremity with white) ; legs long 

 and slender ; a considerable portion of the tibia bare ; toes 

 three placed anteriorly ; the middle and outer toe of each foot 

 connected at their base by a slight membrane ; legs and toes 

 greenish ochreous (? ochreous yellow) ; the sexes similar. 



" Adult in Winter. — Crown, nape, whole of the back, and 

 wings above as in summer, but somewhat paler in colour ; no 

 rufous pectoral band, but in lieu thereof a patch of dusky -grey 

 on each side of the breast. The rest of the underparts pure 

 white ; legs and toes paler than in summer. 



i( Young. — Crown, nape, whole of back, and wings above hair- 

 brown, each feather margined with buff ; the parts which in 

 the adult are white, tinged with buff ; the pectoral band pre- 

 sents a mottled appearance, each feather being light brown, 

 margined with light buff ; primaries and axillaries as in the 

 adult ; secondaries edged with buff ; legs and toes pale horn 

 colour. 



"Dimensions. — Total length, 7'5 inches; bill, "8; wing, 5 5 ; 

 bare part of tibia, *7 ; tarsus, 1*5 ; middle toe, *8." — Harting, 

 "Ibis," 1870,203. 



850 bis.— iEgialitis nigrifrons, Cuv. in Tern. 



Blyth says, Ibis, 1867, 165 :— 



" A. nigrifrons is omitted by Dr. Jerdon, though he obtained 

 a single specimen near Madras in the month of June, (i.e., dur- 



