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Birds of Celebes: Ardeidae. 
351. HERODIAS EULOPHOTES Swinh. 
Short-legged White Egret. 
Plate XLIV. 
«. ? H.ro,Ua. immacnlat. W Gld B. Austr. VI pi. 58 (1848); (2J Blyth, Ibis 1865, 37; 
(3) Stem Pr.U. S.Nat.Mus. 1887, X, 317; (4) M. & Wg., Akh. Mus. Dtesd. i894! 
Nr. 4, p. 3; (5) iid., ib. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 19. 
b. ? Ardea immaculata (1) Gray, Gen. B. IG, 555 (1847). 
e. ? Herodias melanopns (nec Wagl.]; (1) Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1853, NXIT 437- ^2) id 
issV^f’ 
<1 ? Garzetta immaculatajij Bp., Oompt. Bend. 1855, XL, 722; (2) id., Consp. 1855, G, 119. 
Herodias enlophotes flj Swinh., Ibis 1860, 64; (2) id., ib. 1863, 418, 425; f3) id. P. Z. S 
^63, 320; (4) id., ib. 1871, 412; (5) Dayid & Oust., Ois. CShine 1877, 441* * (6) 
VIG, 114; rs; Oates, B. Brit. 
Bumiah 1883, G, 249; (9) Stejn., Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, X, 318; (lOj Ridgw. 
A ,1 Touche, Ibis 1892, 409, 488; (12) Sclat. t. c. bll. 
e. Ardea enlophotes ^7; Schl., Mus. P.-B., Ai-deae, 1863, 29; (2) Rchw., J. f. O. 1877, 274- 
(o) Seeb., B. Japan 1890, 219. 
f. Ardea nivea pt. (1) Rchw., J. f. O. 1877, 271. 
g. Ardea melanopns (1) Dress, (nec Wagl.), B. Europe YI, 243 (1880) 
h. Garzetta nigripes pt. (1) Sharpe, Oat. B. 1898, XXVI, 122 (in synon.). 
Demiegretta sacra pt. (1) Sharpe, Cat. B. 1898, XXVI, 139 (in synon ) 
Figure and descriptions. Gould (?) al,e3- Blyth « 2; Swinhoe i, 2; Hume ff; Oates S 
Breeding plumage Entirely white; an occipital crest of about twenty very narrow (but not 
decomposed) feathers, the longest about 100 mm long; jugulum with .similar lanceolate 
plumes, a dorsal tram of lengthy decomposed feathers; biU yellow; cere tinged with 
green and piiiple irides light pearly yellow; legs black; feet, and claws greenish yellow: 
Swinh. 2 (Mantehage Id., N. Celebes, 26. April, 1893: Nat. Coll. — C 12092) 
Winter Plumage. Without the ornamental crest and jugular feathers and dorsal train;' bill 
mto yellowish on the basal third of upper bill and on the 
basal two-riiirds of lower bill; legs greenish brown; Swinhoe 3(0-? immature 
Kema, 7. October 1893: P. & F. Sarasin). inimaiure, 
Measurements. 
c. Amoy (Swinhoe 7) . . 
d. 9, Tenasserim (Hume 6). 
Wing 
Tah 
Tarsus 
Mid. toe 
and claw 
Exp. 
culmen 
.IV.93(Nat.Coll.) 
257 
85 
84 
63 
79 
• X. 93 . . . 
242 
84 
82 
60 
76 
235 
— 
76 
63 


240 
— 
78 
69 
75 
° — xoiuctie IS a ume larger than the male. 
apparently breeding in the same 
yelTtaolf * ’ ■'”* ““S 'S*' "“o'" “ 
DirtpibutMn Japan') (Jouy 10, 12)-, I'omosa (Swinhoe 2, 4); South China (Swinhoei, 4, 
De La Touche «); Tenasserim (Berdmore & Davison «); Andamans (Hume 6); 
*) Or Corea: — the exact locality is not stated. 
