ARDEA SPECIOSA. 
Ord. Y^ e Les Echassiers, Cuvier. 3™ FamiUe, Les Cultirostrcs. 
Ord. XIH 1 ?* Grallatores, Temminck. 
Ord. IV. GfiALLJi, Linn. Syst. 
Ord. VI. Grallatores, Illiger. Fam 30, Herodii. 
ARDEA, Linn. Briss. Lath. Cuv. Tetnm. 8$c. 
Char, gen, — Rostrum capite longius, crassum, rectum, compressum, elongato- 
conicura, acuminatum, acutum, mandibulis subaequalibus, maxilla utrinque 
sulco, antrorsum evanescente, exarata, culmine basi subdistincto, in apicem 
sensim deflexo. Tomia saspius subtilissime oblique incisula, maxillaria pone 
apicem emarginata. Nares prope basin in sulco laterali sitae, lineares, longitudi- 
nales, superne postice membrana tectse. Lingua mediocris, oblonga, plana, 
acuta, membranacea. Lora cum orbitis implumia. AI<e tuberculata?. Pedes 
grallarti, elongati, congrui, tetradactyli, colligati, digitis omnibus angusto- 
lomatinis. Hallux digitum medium dimidiurn vel sequans, vel superans, cum 
digito interno basi connexus, incumbens. Ungues: falcula? falcata?, medius 
acie interna pectinatim incisula. Tarsus digito medio paulo longior. Aero- 
tarsia clypeata, clypeis superioribus scutuliformibus, rarius scutulata. Acrodac- 
tyla scutulata. Il/iger. 
Ardea cristata alba, dorso nigro, collo supremo flavescente antice pectoreque run's, 
rostro basi albente. 
Bleklco ireng, of the Javanese. 
Ardea speciosa, Horsf. Syst. Arrangement of Birds from Java, Linn. Trans. 
Vol. XIII. p. 180. 
Ardea malaccensis, Linn. Syst Ed. Gmel. 1, p. 643. 
Ardea senegalensis, Linn. Syst. Ed- Gmel. 1, p. 645. 
Crabier blancet brun de Malac, Buffi Hist. Nat des. Ois. VII. p. 394.— PI. Enl. 911. 
Petit Heron roux du Senegal, PI. Enl. 315. 
