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Birds of Celebes: Ardeidae. 



pi. I; (3) M. & Wg., Abli. Mus. Dresd. 1896, Nr. 1, p. 15; (4) Hart., Nov. Zool. 

 1896, 164. 



"Tomeo", Gorontalo Distr., Roseub. 18, Joest 24. 



"Swekko burik besar", Malay in tbe Minahassa, Nat. Coll. 



"Pokok werreng sela", Minabassa, iid. 



"Kondor karro", Soutb Celebes, Platen 27. 



For further references cf. Sbarpe //. 



Figures and descriptions. Sharpe 11; Meyer h XX (skeletonj; Legge b 21; Gates b 25; 

 Vorderman h 28; etc. 



Adult male. Head above slaty black, two feathers on the occiput lengthened to c. 140 mm; 

 chin and upper throat white; neck and sides of head rufous chestnut, three 

 slaty black stripes, whereof two extending from gape, over ear-coverts, down the neck 

 on either side, the third fi-om nape half-way down the hind neck, the last becoming 

 cinereous and spreading out on lower hind neck into lengthened filamentous feathering; 

 upper-parts slate-grey, browner on the wing-coverts, the lower scapulars much 

 lengthened and shreddy, cinereous, the longest cinnamon-rufous; gorget of lengthened, 

 pointed feathers rufous, blackish, and white, the longest white; breast, abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts dark slate, strongly inclining to maroon-purple on breast 

 and sides thereof, rufous and whitish towards base of under tail-coverts; sides, 

 flanks and axillaries dark cinereous; thighs, under wing-coverts and carpal 

 and metacarpal edge cinnamon-rufous or rufous chestnut; remiges below slate- 

 grey, the three or four outermost with a shallow notch on the inner web ((^ ad. Lake 

 Posso, Central Celebes, 14. Feb. 1895: P. & F. Sarasin). 



"Ii'is yellow; bill above brown-black, below yellow [including much of upper 

 bill]; feet black-brown" (Platen b 27). 



Adult female. Very similar to the male; the two long occipital feathers are absent or nearly 

 absent (g ad. Kema, 21. Aug. 1892: P. & F. Sarasin). 



Young. Very different from the adidt: head above blackish; sides of head, occiput, 

 upper neck and wing-coverts cinnamon; lower neck and upper-jiarts bro-mi 

 with cinnamon tips and edgings; wings and tail brownish slaty; chin and upper 

 throat white; fore neck pale cinnamon, streaked with dark bro'mi; breast and 

 abdomen pale cinnamon, the breast with dusky edgings; sides of body dark gi'ey; 

 metacarpal edge rufous (juv. Tondano Distr., Aug.— Sept. 1892: Nat. Coll. — 

 C 10965). 



Middle | Exp. 



Measurements. 



Wing 



TaU 



Tarsus 



toe I Cul- 

 with claw , men 



a. (Sar. Coll.) cT ad.. Lake Posso, 14. H. 95 . . . 380 146 140 138 136 



b. (Sar. Coll.) (^ ad., Lake Posso, 13. H. 95 . . . 362 134 135 — 124 



c. (Sar. Coll.) $ ad., Kema, 21. Vin. 92. . . . 372 142 133 132 140 

 d (Sar. Coll.) [cf] ad., Kema, 16. Vni. 92 ... 356 130 129 125 123 

 e. (C 10949) ad., nearMauado, Vm.— EX. 92 (N. C.) 378 137 134 134 124 

 /". (C 10964) ad., Tondano Distr., Vni.— IS. 92 (N.C.) 382 135 125 127 124 



■g. (C 5267) ad., Limbotto, Jan. 76 (v. Mussch.) . . 344 — — — 128 



/*. (C 10965) juv., Tond. District, vm. —IK. 92 (N.C.) 360 128 123 130 118 



3; ovate to oval; glossless, somewhat rough and porous; whitish blue ^ith a tinge of 

 green; size 52 — 55 X 40—42 mm (Mapane, Gulf of Tomini, 28. Feb. 1895: 

 P. & F. Sarasin). 



Nest. Resembles [in construction] a Common Heron's nest (Mapane — P. & F. Sarasin). 



Eggs. 



