rONDICHERRY 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 

 of the East Indies. 



B. 'Rostrum serratum ; f acies giabra. 

 B. Beak serrated ; Jace naked. 



COROMANDEL ANASTOMUS* 



(Anastomus CoromandeKanus.) 



An. aldusj Jacie dorso supremo remigibus caudaque nigris, rostro 



laterUms 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. Omel, Syst, Nat, 1. 646. — Lath. Ind, 



Orn. 2. 702.91. 

 Le Bec-ouvert des Indes. Sonner, Voy, Ind. 2. pi. inp, 219. 

 Coromandel Heron, hath. Gen, Syn. 5. 102. 78- — 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 5 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 



