BIRDS—ARDEIDAE-DEMIEGRETTA PEALII, 
661 
Comparative measurements of Ardeae. 
Calal. 
No. 
Species. 
Locality. 
Sex and age. 
Length. 
Stretch of 
wings. 
30.30 
1QRB 
29.30 
4146 
Demiegretta rufa.... .. 
Matamoras.. 
1978 
Demiegretta ludovieiana. 
Eastern U. S......... 
28.00 
RfiRl 
<? 
25.50 
37.00 
24.00 
4974 
20.80 
4145 
27.25 
36.00 
8067 
26.00 
9460 
s 
23.00 
9736 
41.00 
9299 
33.00 
10323 
5108 
14.70 
39.00 
57.00 
9298 
33.30 
5107 
10324 
5775 
33.50 
8066 
9070 
43.00 
43.00 
60.00 
4610 
4524 
43.70 
9475 
45.80 
9472 
s 
42.20 
4143 
42.00 
65.00 
1677 
09 
43.00 
70.00 
9476 
8065 
39.50 
8690 
<? 
*49.00 
9479 
6539 
0 (J 
6540 
41.00 
1985 
3040 
do. 
22.00 
36 00 
4554 
21.50 
8680 
3 
19.80 
do. 
19.50 
39.50 
Wing. 
Tail. 
Tarsus. 
Middle toe. 
Its claw 
alone. 
Bare part of 
tibia. 
Height of bill 
at base. 
Bill above. 
Along gape. 
Specimen 
measured. 
13.50 
4.66 
5.70 
3.30 
0.45 
3 86 
0.63 
4.00 
4.90 
Skin.... 0 
13.00 
5.06 
4.84 
3.16 
0.46 
3.38 
0.76 
3.80 
4.90 
Skin. 
12.50 
5.20 
5.42 
3.26 
0.50 
3.40 
0.69 
3 50 
4.54 
Skin. 
10.70 
3.70 
3.86 
3.02 
0.46 
4.74 
0.60 
4.04 
4.64 
Skin. „... 
10.26 
3.60 
4.00 
3.22 
0.52 
2.66 
0.60 
3.94 
4.50 
Skin..... 
10.50 
10.20 
4.00 
3.93 
2.90 
0.44 
3.62 
0.54 
3.14 
3.60 
Skin..... 
9.60 
3.70 
3.08 
2.64 
0.39 
2.10 
0.47 
2.94 
3.54 
Skin..... 
10.00 
4.12 
3.46 
2.60 
2.34 
0.49 
3.06 
3.42 
10.12 
10.60 
4 44 
3.86 
2.72 
0.46 
2.78 
0.62 
3.38 
3.84 
Skin..... 
10.70 
3.80 
3.76 
2.74 
0.43 
2.54 
0.54 
3.25 
3.64 
Skin. ..0. 
15.50 
6.50 
0.82 
4.70 
5.60 
Skin B „„. 
14.00 
5.92 
5.35 
4.05 
0.63 
3.64 
0.70 
4.28 
5.28 
Skin..... 
14.80 
6.34 
5.70 
4.20 
0.50 
3.70 
0.66 
4.25 
5.20 
Skin. 
14.70 
6.50 
6.00 
4.20 
0.62 
4.50 
0.79 
4.70 
5.20 
Skin...,. 
16.00 
? 
14.20 
6.04 
6.00 
4.50 
0.64 
4.00 
0.86 
4.50 
5.25 
Skin..... 
14.00 
6.00 
5.50 
4.10 
0.60 
3.60 
0.70 
4.10 
5.00 
Skin..... 
15.20 
6.20 
6.30 
4.50 
0.62 
4.42 
0.76 
4.34 
5.46 
Skin. 
15.00 
6.00 
5.85 
4.65 
0.65 
4.20 
0.86 
4.25 
5.30 
Skin. 
15.70 
7.00 
6.10 
4.70 
0.62 
4.06 
0.82. 
4.40 
5.54 
Skin..... 
17.00 
6.30 
6.70 
4.80 
0.62 
4.40 
0.80 
4.55 
5.71 
Skin..... 
17.00 
16.50 
6.20 
6.25 
4.90 
0.69 
4.34 
0.83 
5.00 
6.00 
Skin..... 
19.30 
8.73 
5.86 
4.20 
0.80 
3.50 
1.10 
4.87 
6.10 
Skin..... 
20.20 
9.00 
6.87 
4.84 
0.72 
4.50 
1.17 
5.52 
7.00 
Skin. 
18.60 
7.58 
7.06 
4.90 
0.71 
4.28 
1.14 
5.50 
7.15 
Skin. 
17.40 
7.29 
6.14 
4.72 
0.64 
4.39 
1.10 
5.26 
6.31 
Skin..... 
18.00 
18.30 
6.84 
6.23 
4.52 
0.56 
3.52 
1.00 
5.95 
6.09 
Skin. 
18.50 
19,20 
7.60 
6.57 
5.00 
0.66 
4.36 
1.14 
5.46 
7.02 
Skin. 
17.60 
7.20 
5.96 
4.13 
0.53 
3.36 
1.00 
4.36 
5.70 
Skin..... 
20.70 
7.40 
7.94 
5.66 
0.90 
5.36 
1.24 
6.48 
8.14 
Skin...., 
19.70 
7.92 
9.10 
5.60 
0.74 
6.22 
1.25 
6.16 
7.50 
Skin..... 
7.70 
5.20 
0.61 
4.60 
1.18 
5.20 
6.00 
19.50 
8.00 
8.80 
5.62 
0.74 
5.88 
1.26 
6.50 
8.00 
Skin,.... 
18.00 
6.eo 
5.04 
0.70 
4.32 
1.19 
5.50 
7.10 
n.oo 
4.58 
3.52 
3.00 
0.50 
2.48 
0.62 
3.00 
3.42 
Skin. 
12.00 
n.oo 
4.42 
3.80 
3.12 
0.49 
2.65 
0.63 
3.00 
3.60 
Skin..... 
10.50 
4.34 
3.80 
3.04 
0.50 
2.62 
0.54 
2.74 
3.36 
Skin..... 
11.00 
* About. 
DEMIEGRETTA PEALII, Baird. 
Peale’s Egret. 
Jlrdea pealii, Bonap. Syn. 1828, 304.— Ib. Am. Orn. IV, 1833, 96 ; pi. xxvi, f. 1.— Ib. Oss. Cuv. 100.— Nuttall, 
Man. II, 1834, 49. 
Egretta pealii, Gambel, Pr. A. N. Sc. IV, 1848, 127. 
Sp. Ch.—C olor puro white. Terminal half of bill black. Length about 30 inches ; wing, 13 ; tarsus, 5.70 ; bill above, 
4 inches. 
Hab .—Seacoast of South Florida. 
Bill, with the culrnen concave along the middle ; the gonys convex, and rising from 
