Birds of Celebes: Ardeidae. 



833 



(5) Wald, Tr. Z. S. 1875, IX, 237; ? (6) K^ivq^, Ibis 1877, 349; (7) David & 

 Oust, Ois. Chine 1877, 440; (8) Hume, Str. R 1878, VI, 476, 480; (0) Tweedd., 

 P. Z. S. 1878, 954; (10) Legge, B. Ceylon 1880, 1141; (W'") Meyer, Verb z-b' 

 Ges. Wien 1881, 767; (11) Salvad., Orn. Pap. 1882, HI, 352; (12) Gates, B Brit 

 BuiTuah 1883, H, 247; rJ5J H. Parker, Ibis 1883, 194, 195; fij; Nicholson, t. c. 

 256; (15) Meyer, Isis, Dresden 1884, 56; (16) C. Swin. & Barnes. Ibis 1885 136- 

 (17) Parker, Ibis 1886, 18S; ? (18) Symonds, Ibis 1887, 335; (19) Earns' Pr' 

 L. Soc. N. S. W. 1887, 172; (20) Biittik., Notes Leyden Mus. 1887, 81" (21) Stein 

 Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, X, 315; (22) Rams., Tab. List 1888, 21 ; (23) Sharpe, Ibis 



1888, 203; (24) Hume, Str. F. 1888, XI, 333; (25) Everett, J. Str. Br. R A. S. 



1889, 189; (26) Whitehd., Ibis 1890, 60; (27) Gates, ed. Hume's Nests and Eggs 



1890, in, 240; (28) Styan, Ibis 1891, 327, 492; (29) Salvad., Gm. Pap. Agg. 1891, 

 206; (30) Vorderm., N. T. Ned. Ind. 1891, L, 517; (31) id.. Notes Leyden Mus! 



1891, 129; (32) Bns. & Worces., B. Menage Exped. 1894, 32; f33) Vorderm 

 N. T. Ned. Ind. 1895, LIV, 322. 



/: Herodias egrettoides (1) Swinh., Ibis 1861, 261; (2) Jerd,, B. India IH, 745 (1864); 

 (3) Gld., Hb. B. Austr. 1865, H, 303. 



y. Egretta intermedia Bp.; (1) Seeb., Ibis 1879, 27. 



li. Mesophoyx intermedia (1) Sharpe, Bull. B. G. C. 1894, p. 38, April; Ibis 1894 432- 

 (2) id., Cat. B. 1898, XXVI, 85. 



/. ? Mesophoyx brachyrhyncha (1) Sharpe, Cat. B. 1898, XXVI, 87. 



j. Mesophoyx plumifera (1) Sharpe, 1. c. 



"Swekko puti mulu itam", Lake Tondano, Malay, Nat. Coll. 



"Pokok kulu remdeng kukulat", Lake Toudano, Nat. Coll 



For further synonymy and references cf. Salvadori 11. 



Figures and descriptions. Gould d II; Temminck & Schlegel e 11; Schlegel a 2; 

 Finsch & Hartlaub a 3; Hume S; Legge 70; Salvadori ii; Gates 22; Vorder- 

 man a 8; etc. 



Breeding plumage. Entirely white; no occipital crest; dorsal train of much lengthened de- 

 composed feathers, overreaching the tail by about 100 mm; a bunch of very long 

 (about 1 60 mm) decomposed feathers on jugulum ; bill yellow, tip of upper mandible 

 blackish, terminal 10 mm of tomia serrated; legs and feet l)lack (Kakas, Lake Ton- 

 dano, June, 1871: Meyer — C 2006). 



The specimen described is moulting its remiges, therefore not yet in full nuptial 

 dress. Hiime, Legge and Gates say the bill is black at that time (India, Ceylon, 

 Burmah), Seeb ohm says it is always more or less dark at the point and yellow at 

 the base of both mandibles (Japan). 



A specimen from South Celebes in breeding plumage has the soft parts and 

 measiu'ements in the flesh as follows, according to Platen: "Lis hght yellow; bill 

 and feet black. Length 60.5 cm, expanse 103 cm" (Q, Maros Waterfall, 23. Feb. 

 1878 — 5382). The basal 6 mm of the culmen were evidently yellow. 



Winter plumage. Without the dorsal train and decomposed jugular feathers; bill entu-ely 

 yellow (Lake Tondano: Aug.— Sept. 1892: Nat. Coll. — C 10973). 



Measurements. 



Wing 



a. (C 2006) ad., Lake Tondano, June, 71 (Meyer) i 303 



b. (C 10973) ad.. Lake Tond., Aug.— Sept. 92 (N. C.) 290 



c. (C 10972) ad., Lake Tond., Aug.— Sept. 92 (N. 0.) 291 



d. (C 5382) Q ad., Maros, 23. Feb. 78 (Platen) . 291 



Moyer * Wig 1 es worth , P.irds of Celebes (Dec. llJth, 1897). 



Tail Tarsus! 



Mid. toe 

 and claw 



Exp. 

 culmen 



123 



116 

 123 



115 

 100 

 100 

 101 



100 

 90 

 94 

 86 



105 



76 

 78 

 79 

 70 



