1918. | H. C. Ropinson & C. B. Kross: Birds. 119 
24. Phoyx purpurea subsp. manillensis (Meyen). 
Ardea purpurea (nec. Linn.) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 
Xll, p. 253 (1879); Snelleman in Veth’s Midden-Sumatra 
Exped. Vogels iv, p. 51 (1884); Buttikofer, Notes Leyden 
Mus. ix, p. 80 (1887); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) xii, 
p. 76 (1891). 
'. Ardea manillensis, Salvad. Bull. Mus. Zool. Turin xi, p. 14 
(1896). 
Phoyx imanillensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxvi, 
p: 03, PI. 1 (1898). 
a. 16. Siolak Gedang, Korinchi Valley, Sumatra, 
2,800 feet. 21st May, 1894. | No. 1611.| 
b-f. 1 6, 2,2 ¢imm. Sandaran Agong, Korinchi 
Valley, Sumatra, 2,450 feet. 23rd May-3rd 
June. [Nos. 1617, 1620, 1740, 1758, 1854. | 
“Adult, iris orange, orbital skin greenish yellow, upper 
mandible brownish, lower yellowish, tarsi and toes black in 
_ front and above, dull yellow behind and beneath; Immature, 
iris chrome.’ 
Very common in the Korinchi valley, feeding on river 
crabs and small fish and not nearly so shy as most of the large 
species of herons. 
These specimens agree well with Sharpe’s description of 
this, the eastern form of the European Purple Heron. The 
median area of the throat has the chestnut feathers unspotted 
with black, though two birds have the base of the feathers 
black. 
25. Mesophoyx intermedia (Hasselt). 
Herodias intermedia, Vorderman, Nat. Tijd. Neder]. Ind. 
xlix, p. 417, no. 466 (1889) ; Salvad. Bull. Mus. Zool. Turin, 
x1, p. 14 (1896). 
Mesophoyx intermedia (Hasselt) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. xxvi, p. 85 (1898). 
a. 6 imm. Sandaran Agong, Korinchi Valley, 
Sumatra, 2,450 feet. = May. 28th, . 1914. 
[No. 174r.] 
“Tris pale yellow, orbits and bill bright yellow, the tip of 
the upper mandible black, tarsi and toes black.” 
The only one seen in the valley. 
The bird is not in breeding plumage and the dorsal train 
is not yet developed. The disintegrated feathers on the hind- 
neck are about 100 mm. long. 
26. Bubulcus coromandus (Bodd.). 
Bubulcus coromandus (Bodd.); Nicholson, Ibis, 1883, p. 
257; Buttikofer, Notes Leyd. Mus. ix, p. 81 (1887); Vorder- 
man, Nat. Tijd. Nederl. Ind. xlix, p. 417, no. 467 (1889) ; 
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