326 ARDEID^. 



GENUS CCCXXXIII.— MYCTERIA, Liime. JABIRIL 

 Generic character: vide Steph. v. xi. p. G25. 



GENUS CCCXXXIV.— SCOPUS, Brisson. UMBRE. 

 Generic character : vide Stepli. v. xi. j)- G35. 



GENUS CCCXXXV.— ANASTOMUS, Illiger. COURLY. 

 Generic cliaracter : vide Steph. v. xi. jj. 631. 



An. Typus. Temminch. — An. Coroniandelianus. Steph. v.' xi. 

 p. C32. — An. Ponticeranus. Steph. v. xi. p. G32.; young. 



An. lamelligerus. Temm. Pi. Col. 236. 



An. niger, nitore viridi et purpiireo; pennis colli ventris Jenio- 



rumque apicibus lamcllatis; lamellis et rachidibus pcnnarum 



dorsi tectriciumqve alarum atris. 

 Black Courly shining with green and purple ; with the feathers 



of the neck, belly, and thighs lamellated at their tips ; the 



lamellae and shafts of the feathers of the back and wing"-coverts 



deep black. 



Inhabits Africa. About three feet in length, 

 the beak above seven inches. Remarkable for the 

 lamellated appendages at the tips of all the feathers 

 of the neck, belly, and thighs : the appendages some- 

 what resemble those on the wings of the Bombycilla 

 Bohemica or the hackles of the Gallus Sonnerati, and 

 are of a glossy black : all the shafts of the feathers of 

 the back and the wing-coverts are of the same colour, 

 with a metallic gloss, but they are not prolonged 

 into lamina: the entire plumage is black, slightly 

 glossed with tints of green and purple, and with a 

 brilliant lustre on the laminae and shafts of the 

 feathers, giving a fine metallic appearance in a full 

 light : the legs are black, and the beak is horn- 



