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A. 'RosiKnyi emarginatum •, FkciES pi umosa. 
A. Beak emarginate j face clothed with feathers. 
PONDICHERRY ANASTOMUS. 
(Anastomus Pondicerianus. ) 
An. cinereo-griseus, remigibiis nigris, rostro lateribus glabro apice 
mucronato. 
Cinereous grey Anastomus, with the quills black ; the sides of 
the beak smooth ; the apex pointed. 
Ardea Pondiceriana. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 646. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 
2. 702. go. 
Le Bec-ouvert, Buff. Ois, 7 . 40g. — Buff. PI. Enl. g32. 
Pondicherry Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 101. 77* 
Nothing is known of the manners of this sin- 
gular bird, which measures fourteen inches and a 
half in length : the beak is rather long, very thick, 
and stout at the base for about one fourth of its 
length ; it then becomes slender, and finishes in a 
point : the under mandible is less stout, and gra- 
dually lessens to the end, but is curved inward the 
whole length ; so that the mandibles only touch at 
the bases and tips, standing hollow from each other 
in the middle ; the colour of both is yellow, but 
towards the head dusky : the space between the 
beak and eye, and orbits, are well clothed with 
feathers : the prevailing colour of the plumage is 
a dirty cinereous grey, but the quills are black, 
and reach considerably beyond the end of the tail : 
the legs are yellowish, and tessellated their whole 
