498 



NAGAMICHI KURODA : 



very remarkable that the true Herodias garzetta has yet been recorded 

 from neither Corea nor Manchuria. But it is said that dorsal plumes 

 of that species were once procured by a native in the northern part 

 of Corea. 



8. Phoyx purpurea, manillensis (Meyen). 

 Murasaki-sagi. 



An adult bird in breeding plumage was given me by Mr. S. 

 Wakiyama. It was collected at Ying-kou or Yingtzu, S. Manchuria, 

 and is preserved in my collection. 



9. Ar dea cinerea jouyi Clark. 

 Awo-sagi. 



Clark, Broc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XXXII, 1907, p. 498; Clark, op. cit., Vol. 

 XXXVIII, 1910, p. 152; A. cinerea (nee. L.), Giglioli and Salvadori, P. Z. S., 

 1887, p. 588; Tacz., P. Z. S., 1887, p. 611; Tacz., op. cit., 1888, p. 468 ; Camp- 

 bell, Ibis, 1892, p. 244 ; Ingram, Ibis, 1909, p. 458. 



River Yëzankô near Mok-po : 1 J ad. and 1 f ad., Apr. 13; near 

 Hekitëri, Këri Distr. : 1 J ad., Apr. 18; Kuppapari, Keki Distr. : 1 J 

 ad. and 1 ^ ad., Apr. 20; Giseifu, Këki Distr.: 1 (sex?) ad., Apr. 22. 

 Very common on the plains, fields, and river-sides in Corea from 

 spring to summer. Once during a journey from Fusan to Shingisö, I 

 have counted 136 individuals of this species from the railway car. I 

 have collected seven eggs from four nests on pine trees in a small 

 delta of the River Yëzankô, Apr. 13. These eggs are pale blue or 

 greenish blue in colour, with some small white chalky markings. They 

 measure 55-63.5 mm. by 40.5-44 mm. 



In the north of Corea and in southern Manchuria, this heron is 

 not abundant. 



It is remarkable that Nycticorax nycticorax has never yet been 

 collected in the peninsula of Corea but has obtained on the island of 

 Quelpart. 



