PLUMED EGRET. 
the nests built on Buckiinguy Station, New South Wales, are small 
and almost covered by the sitting bird. More investigation is needed to 
reconcile these discrepant accounts. 
In the Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum, Vol. XXVI., Sharpe 
in this genus admits the Australian form as distinct from the Javan, with 
which he unites Indian and Chinese birds. In addition to the different 
coloration of the tibia and legs, the Australian birds are smaller. 
The Javanese bird was described by Wagler as Ardea intermedia {Isis 
1829, p. 659), and this becomes the species-name. 
In this genus also, Sharpe noted that characters were available whereby 
the African form could be separated. The importance of this will be noted 
under the following species. 
The bird figured and described is a male, collected at Mackay, Queensland, 
in December, 1900. 
