148 
Lord Walden on a further Collection of 
the expression “ the beak is more slender than in the Euro¬ 
pean species of this genns 99 if he had been describing from an 
example of Tringa crassirostris. 
98. Ardea purpurea, Linn. S. N. i. p. 23. no. 10 (1766). 
“Port Blair, S. Andaman.” ( Wimberley ). 
99. Herodias intermedia (Wagler), Isis, 1829, p. 659, 
“ Java.” 
Ardea egrettoides* , Temm. Man. d'Orn. iv. p. 374, “Sicile,” 
errore (1840); Faun. Jap. Aves , p. 115, pi. 69, “Japan, 
Java” (184-) ; Jerdon, Birds of India, iii. p, 745. no. 926 
(1864). 
“ S. Andaman : Feb. 28, 6, iris yellow, orbital skin bright 
yellow, bill dark yellow, legs greenish black.” 
The type of this Egret was sent to Leyden by Yon Hasselt 
from Java, with the manuscript name of Ardea intermedia. 
Wagler, however, was the first to describe the species and 
publish the title (l, c .). 
100. Herodias garzetta (Linn.), S. N. i. p. 237. no. 13 
(1766). 
Ardea nigripes , Temm. Man. d'Ornith. iv. p. 376, “LTnde 
et les lies Sondai'ques, la Nouvelle Guinee.” 
“ S. Andaman: Dec. 17, S, iris yellow, feet green, legs 
and bill black, skin at base of bill yellow.” 
This is the true A. nigripes , Temm., and also of Bonaparte 
(Consp. ii. p. 119. no. 3), but not A. nigripes , Temm. apud 
Bp. tom. cit. p. 116 (conf. Schlegel, Mus. P.-Bas, Ardece , 
pp. 14 & 19). 
101. Ardeola grayi (Sykes), P. Z. S. 1832, p. 158. no. 176, 
“ Dukhun.” 
Ardeola leucopiera (Bodd.), Jerdon, Birds of India, iii. 
p. 751. no. 930. 
“ S. Andaman : March 10, S, iris pale yellow, bill orange- 
yellow, legs pale green; April 24, $ 99 
In non-breeding-plumage. I have adopted the title refer- 
* Not of S. G. Gmelin, Reise, ii. p. 193, pi. 25, which is a synonym 
of Ardea alba, Linn. 
