836 
Birds of Celelies: Ardeidae. 
c. Ardea russata (1) Wagl., Syst. Av. gen. Ardea 1827 sp. 12; (2) Temm. & Sclil. , Faun. 
Jap. Aves 1850, 115. 
d. Ardea coromanda (1) Gray, Gen. B. 556, III, Nr. 39 (1847 — syn. emend.); (2) Schl., 
Mus. P.-B., Ardeae, 1863, 30; (3) Finscli & Conrad, Verli. z.-b. Ges. Wien 1873, 
3, 18(sep.c.); (4) Brligg., Abb. Ver. Brem. 1876, V, 97; (5) Rchw., J. f. 0. 1877, 259; 
(6) Eosenb., Malay. Archip. 1878, 278; (7) id., Zool. Garten 1881, 167; (8) Seeb., 
B. Japan 1890, 219; (9) Oust., Nouv. Arch, du Mus. 1894, 87. 
e. Baphns coromandus (1) Swinli., Ibis 1860, 64; (2) id., ib. 1863, 419; (3) Jerd., B. Ind. 
m, 749 (1864); (4) Hume, Str. P. 1878, VI, 481; (5) Wardl. Earns., Tweedd. Orn. 
Works 1881, 660. 
Bubulcus coromandus (1) Gray, HL. 1871, HI, 30, Nr. 10133; (2) Meyer, J. f. 0. 1873, 
405; (3) Salvad., Oat. Ucc. Borneo 1874, 350; (4) Hume, Str. F. 1874, H, 309; (5) 
David & Oust., Ois. Chine 1877, 441; (6) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 144; (7) Legge, 
B. Ceylon 1880, 1147; (8) Tweedd., Orn. Works 1881, 399, 413, 619, 625; (9) 
Salvad., Orn. Pap. 1882, HI, 357; (10) A. Miill., J. f. 0. 1882, 436; (11) W. Bias., 
ib. 1883, 118, 140; (12) Nichol., Ibis 1883, 257; (13) Oates, B. Brit. Burmah 1883, 
TI, 251; (14) Meyer, Isis, Dresden 1884, 6, 57; Vorderman, N. T. Ned. Ind. 
1885, XLIV, 236; (16) W. Bias., Z. ges. Orn. 1885, 318; (17) Gigl., Avif. ItaL 
1886, 281; (18) Sclat. & Saund., Ibis 1886, 517; (19) Stejn., Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
1887, X, 309; (20) Biittik., Notes Leyden Mus. 1887, SI ; (21) W. Bias., Ibis 1888, 
374; (22) id., Omis 1888, 330,631; (^25; Hume, Str. F. 1888, XI, 333; (230^^) Gigl., 
A\af.Ital. pt.I, 1889, 438; Everett, J. Str.Br.E.A.S. 1889, 1 89; |^2.5; Hartert, J. 
f. 0. 1889, 406; Hicks., Nat. in N. Celebes 1 889, 219; Wbitebd. , Ibis 1890, 
60; (28) Sh. & Wbitelid., t. c. 146 ; (29) Steere, List. CoU. B. & M. Philipp. 1890, 26; 
(30) W. Bias. , J. f. 0. 1890, 139; (31) Hagen, T. Ned. Aard. Genoots. 1890, (2) 
VH, 166; (32) Oates, ed. Hume’s Nests & Eggs 1890, IH, 247; (33) Styan, 
Ibis 1891, 327, 492; (34) Salvad., Om. Pap. Agg. 1891, 206; (35) id., Ann. Mus. 
Civ. Gen. (2) 1891, XH, 77; (36) De la Touche, Ibis 1892, 488, 489; (37) Meyer, 
Notes Leyden Mus. 1892, 267; (38) Biittik., Zool. Erg. Weber’s Eeise 1893, IH, 
284; (39) Tacz., Faun. Om. Sib. Orient. 1893, H, 985; (40) Sharpe, Ibis 1894, 
243, 258; (41) M. &Wg., J. f. O. 1894, 253; (42) Bourns & Wore., B. Menage 
Exped. 1894, 32; (43) Everett, Ibis 1895, 32; (44) Grant, t. c. 267; (45) M. & 
Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 19; (46) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1896, 164, 181; 
(47) Sharpe, Oat. B. 1898, XXVI, 217. 
f. Herodias egretta (1) Lenz (nec Gm.), J. f. 0. 1877, 380. 
g. Herodias nigripes (1) Meyer (nec Temm.), Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien 1881, 767. 
“Baroa adioa” (as also H. garxetta], Kabruang, Talaut; Nat. Coll. 
“Swekko puti mulu kuning”, Minahassa, Malay, iid. 
“Pokok kulu riri kukulat”, Minahassa, iid. 
“Condor pakampi”, Maros and Tjamba Distr., S. Celebes, Platen 16. 
For further synonymy and references cf. Salvador! 9; Stejneger 19; Sharpe 47. 
Figure and descriptions. Buffon a I; Schlegel d2; Legge 7; Salvad. 9; Oates 13; 
Vorderman 15; Taezanowski 39; Sharpe 47; etc. 
Non-breeding plumage. Wliite, the head above washed with buff, a slight buff tmge on the 
back; cutting edges of bill terminally serrated; “bill and cere light yellow; iris golden; 
legs black; soles of feet greenish yellow”; P. & F. Sarasin (Q, Tomohon, 28. HI. 
94; ad. Lake Tondano, Aug. — Sept. 92: Nat. Coll. — C 10977). 
Breeding plumage. The feathers of the head, neck, jugulum, and back much lengthened, 
decomposed and hair-like, in colour golden tawny, paler on the back, the filamentous 
