Birds of Celebes: Ardeidae. 
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1. Garzetta nigripes (1) Sharpe, op. cit. 122 (syn. emend.). 
“Tomeo”, Gorontalo, Joest a 8. 
“Condor putih”, Tjamha and Maros, Platen d 6. 
“Baroa adioa” [also the name of Bubulcus caromandus], Kahruang, Talaut, Nat. Coll. 
“Bahoa mawira”, Great Sangi, Nat. Coll. 
For further synonymy and references cf. Salvador! 8 Ardmnignrostris J. E. Gray); 
Stejneger i 1. 
Figures and descriptions. Naumann a 11] Dresser a VI] Hume 4] Legge 6] Salvador! 8] 
Oates 10] Vorderman 11] Sharpe k 1, 11] etc., etc. 
Breeding plumage. Entirely white; the feathers of the hack greatly lengthened, overreaclung 
the tail by about 25 mm, the webs decomposed into long thread-like rami, the shafts 
curving upwards at the distal ends; an occipital crest of two lanceolate feathers 
about 120 mm long; feathers of jugulum lanceolate, very narrow, about 100 mm long; 
“iris hght yellow; feet [and legs] black; bill black”; Platen d 6 (ad., Minahassa: 
Faber — Nr. 3549). 
According to Legge the hill in summer is entu’ely black. The specimen 
described has a little yellowish at the base of the lower bill, as in that of Prof. 
W. Blasius (d 6), but noticeably less than in our other Celebesian specimens, wliich are 
not in breeding plmnage, or only partly so. Prof. W. Blasius (d 7) regards the 
perfectly black bill as a character of the male. 
Winter plumage. The elongated jugular feathers and the occipital lanceolate pair wanting; 
the dorsal train wanting, or only the worn remains of it present; basal half of lower 
bill yellowish (Lake Tondano, Aug. — Sept. 1892: Nat. Ooll. — C 10969). 
Immature. Like the adult in winter; biU smaller (Kabruang, 5. XI. 93 : Nat. Coll. — C 13011). 
Nestling. Covered with white down (Legge 6). 
Measurements (Celebesian examples). 
Wing 
Tail 
Tarsus 
Mid. 
toe 
with 
claw 
Ex- 
posed 
culm. 
a. (C 3549) ad., Minahassa, N. Peninsula (Faber) . . 
265 
93 
106 
72 
91 
b. (Cl0969)ad.,L.Tondano,N.Pen.,Vin. — IX.92(N.C.) 
268 
100 
98 
74 
92 
c. (Cl 0966) ad., Lake Tond., N. Pen. , YIH. — LX. 92 (N.C.) 
258 
87 
105 
66 
89 
d. (0 10967)ad.,LakeTond.,N.Pen.,Vin.— IX.92(N.C.) 
272 
98 
102 
69 
91 
e. (C 10968 )ad.,LakeTond.,N.Pen.,Vin.— IX.92(N.C.) 
266 
90 
104 
72 
88 
f. (C 12672) ad., Great Sangi, July 93 (Nat. Coll.) . 
266 
97 
100 
69 
83 
q. (C 12671) ad., Great Sangi, July 93 (Nat. Coll.) . 
242 
82 
98 
66 
88 
It. (C 13011) viz. ad., Kabruang, Talaut, Nov. 93 (N.C.) 
262 
96 
102 
70 
82 
Eggs. 3 or 4; moderately smooth in texture; pale sea-green; some rather pointed at both 
ends; size 40.6—47 X 31.7—35 mm (Legge 6, Hume 15). 
Nest. Of sticks, in the branches of trees growing in swampy country. 
Distribution. The southern countries of Europe, a rai-e straggler in the northern and central 
portions, hut ranging far south in Africa, found right across Asia [not including 
Siberia],’ down to the East India Archipelago and Austraha (Dresser a VI). — 
For exact localities in the Indo-Australian area cf. Salvador! 8, 16] adding 
some Phihppine Islands (Steere a 10, Bourns & Worcester 21), Singapore 
(Kelham 9), Talaut and Sangi Is. (Nat. Coll.), Burmah (Oates 10), Tenasserim (Dav. 4), 
Ceram (Riedel h 1), Keehng Is. (H. 0. Forbes d 3»>^). — In the Celebesian area: 
Minahassa (Meyer d 3, Faber, Nat. Coll.), Gorontalo Distr. (Forsten a 3, 
V. Rosenberg a 7, f 1, etc.), Togian (Meyer d 3), Tjamba and Maros (Platen d 6)] 
Great Sangi (Platen d 7, Nat. Coll.); Talaut Is. — Kabruang (Nat. Coll. 20). 
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