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Birds of Celebes: Ardeidae. 



4^ 351. HERODIAS EULOPHOTES Swinh. 



Short-legged White Egret. 

 Plate XLIV. 



a. ? Herodias immaculata (I) Gld., B. Austr. VI pi. 58 (1848); (2) Blyth, Ibis 1865, 37; 



(3) Stejn., Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, X, 317; (4) M. & Wg., Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1894. 

 Nr. 4, p. 3; (5) iid., lb. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 19. 



b. ? Ardea immaculata (1) Gray, Gen. B. in, 555 (1847). 



c. ? Herodias melanopus (nee Wagl.); (1) Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1853, XXTT, 437; (2) id., 



Ibis 1865, 37; (3) Gould, Hb. B. Austr. 1865, n, 304; (4) Rams., Tab. List 

 1888, 21. 



d. ? Garzetta immaculata (1) Bp., Compt. Rend. 1855, XL, 722; (2) id., Consp. 1855, 11, 119. 

 Herodias eulophotes (1) Swinh., Ibis 1860, 64; (2) id., ib. 1863, 418, 425; (3) id., P. Z. S. 



1863, 320; (4) id., ib. 1871, 412; (5) David & Oust, Ois. Chine 1877, 441; (6) 

 Hume, Str. F. 1S78, VI, 478, 480; (7) id., ib. 1879, Vm, 114; (8) Gates, B. Brit. 

 Burmah 1883, H, 249; (9) Stejn., Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, X, 318; (10) Ridgw., 

 Sm. Rep. 1889, 358; (11) De la Touche, Ibis 1892, 409, 488; (12) Sclat. t. c. 577. 



e. Ardea eulophotes (1) Schl, Mus. P.-B., Ardeae, 1863, 29; (2) Rchw., J. f. O. 1877, 274; 



(3) Seeb., B.Japan 1890, 219. 



f. Ardea nivea pt. (1) Rchw., J. f. O. 1877, 271. 



g. Ardea melanopus (1) Dress, (nee Wagl.), B. Europe VI, 243 (1880). 



h. Garzetta nigripes pt. (1) Sharpe, Oat. B. 1898, XXVI, 122 (in synon.). 



i. Demiegretta sacra pt. (1) Sharpe, Oat. B. 1898, XXVI, 139 (in synon.). 



Figure and descriptions. Gould (?) a I, c 3; Blyth a 2; Swinhoe 1, 2; Hume 6; Gates 8. 



Breeding plumage. Entirely white ; an occipital crest of about twenty very narrow (but not 

 decomposed) feathers, the longest about 100 mm long; jugulum with similar lanceolate 

 plumes; a dorsal train of lengthy decomposed feathers; bill yellow; cere tinged with 

 green and purple, irides light pearly yellow; legs black; feet, and claws greenish yellow: 

 Swinh. 2 (Mantehage Id., N. Oelebes, 26. Apiil, 1893: Nat. Ooll. — 12092). 



Winter plumage. Without the ornamental crest and jugular feathers and dorsal train; bill 

 dark brown, shading off into yellowish on the basal third of upper bill and on the 

 basal two-thirds of lower bill; legs greenish brown: Swinhoe 3 (Q — ? immature, 

 Kema, 7. October 1893: P. & F. Sarasin). 



Measurements. 



a.(Ol2092)ad.,MantehageId.,26.IV.93(Nat.Ooll.) 

 i. (Sarasin Ooll.) g, Kema, 7. X. 93 . . . . 



c. Amoy (Swinhoe 1] 



d. Q, Tenasserim (Hume 6) 



According to Swinhoe (2) the female is a little larger than the male. 



Swinhoe (2) saw this Egret in North Formosa apparently breeding in the same 



heronries with H. garxetta, but he did not succeed in taking its eggs, which are as 



yet unknown. 



Distribution. Japan') (Jouy 10, 12); Formosa (Swinhoe 2, 4); South Ohina (Swinhoe 1, 4, 



De La Touche 11); Tenasserim (Berdmore & Davison 6); Andamans (Hume 6); 



Nest. 



') Or Corea : — the exact locality is not stated. 



