PONDICHERRY ANASTOMUS. 
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length, as is also the naked part of the thigh : the 
claws are small, and black ; the middle one entire. 
This species inhabits Pondicherry and other parts 
^f the East Indies. 
B. Rostrum ; faciks glabra. 
B. Beak serrated ; face naked. 
COROMANDEL ANASTOMUS. 
(Anastomus Coromandelianus.) 
An. alhus, facie dorso supremo remigibus caudaque nigris, rostra 
lateribus serrato apice dentato. 
White Anastomus, with the face, the upper part of the back, the 
quills, and the tail, black ; the sides of the beak serrated, the 
tip dentated. 
Ardea Coromandeliana. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 646. — Lath. Ind. 
Orn. 2. 702 . 9 I. 
Le Bec-ouvert des Indes. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. pi. inp. 21 9 . 
Coromandel Heron. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 102. 18. — Lath. Syn. 
Sup. 237 . 
This bird is equally curious with the last in 
the peculiar formation of its beak : in this species 
that part is serrated from the middle to the end 
of the edge of the upper mandible, and at its 
tip is very broad, resembling a pair of pincers ; the 
whole of the beak is rufous yellow : the head, the 
rump^ the belly, and the wing-coverts, are white : 
the feathers of the head are short, narrow, and 
