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A. Ko STRVsi emarginatum ; facies plumosa, 

 A. Beak emarginate 5 face clothed with feathers. 



PONDICHERRY ANASTOMUS. 



(Anastomus Pondicerianus. ) 



An. cinereo'griseus, remigibus nigris, rostro lateribus glabra opice 

 mucronato. 



Cinereous grey Anastomus, with the quills black ; the sides of 



the beak smooth 5 the apex pointed. 

 Ardea Pondiceriana. Gmel, Syst. Nat. 1. 646. — Lath, Ind, Orn. 



2. 702. 00. 



Le Bec-ouvert. Buff, Ois. 7. AO^.—Buff. PI. Enl, 932. 

 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 



