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Mr. R. Swinhoe on the Ornithology 
Tip of bill Naked 
Length. Wing. Tail. Bill, to eye-angle, tibia. Tarsus. Mid-toe: its claw, 
in. in. in. in. in. in. in. in. in. 
Male.3 7\ 15 6 4| 5± 5 6| 4f f 
Female...35 13£ 3| 4 4f 3| 5£ 3t 5 ± 
Bill blackish brown; base of culmen and gonys brownish yellow, 
gradually yielding to the bright chrome of the cere, which tends 
to greenish in the region of the eye. Iris kingVyellow. The 
tibia of the male is madder-brown on the highest part; but this 
colour, as it descends, soon yields to the blackish brown which 
prevails throughout the remainder of the legs and claws. 
In the female the yellow on the face is paler, and the tibia 
pale flesh-brown with a green tinge, which extends as far as the 
upper portion of the tarsus. 
109. Herodias garzetta (Linn.). 
Common. 
110. Buphus coromandus (Bodd.). 
Common. 
111. Butorides javanica (Horsf.). Cantonese, “ Shuy 
haou haw” 
Met with near Canton. A male specimen in fine plumage was 
brought to me by a Chinese. Its bill was black, with an ochreous 
gonys; lore yellowish green. Iris clear yellow. Legs yellowish 
sea-green on the upper surface, bright orange-ochre on the soles 
and under surface; claws dark brown. 
112. Ardeola prasinosceles, Swinh. 
Of frequent occurrence. A male was brought to me at Canton, 
and I enclose it for Mr. Sclater’s inspection, and for that gentle¬ 
man to pronounce if he does not really think it distinct from A. 
leucoptera and A. speciosa *. The bill of this specimen was beau¬ 
tifully tinted with yellow and blue. Legs a fleshy yellowish, 
yellower and tinted with greenish on the toes ; claws brownish. 
* I consider it to be A. speciosa (Horsf.). Mr. Blyth observes, in re¬ 
ference to this species, in a letter to Mr. Gurney, “ It is curious that the 
Squacco Heron of Africa (chiefly), the A. leucoptera of India, and the A . 
speciosa of China, the Philippines, and Java, are so similar in winter dress 
as hardly (even if at all, with absolute certainty) to be distinguishable, yet in 
summer garb their colouring is most strikingly different.’ 5 
