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the breast and flanks are slaty black, with narrow pale buff 
edges. 
This specimen is now preserved in the British Museum.— 
J. H. G.] 
Ardea goliath, Temm. Goliath Heron. 
This is one of the scarcest Herons here; it is wonderful 
the size of the fishes these fellows can swallow ; the one sent 
had a 2-lb. carp in him. 
-1-211. Ardea cinerea, Linn. Common Heron. 
[The specimen sent was shot 7th April; it is evidently a 
young bird which had very recently left the nest.—J. H. G.] 
212. Herodias intermedia (Wagl.). Short-billed Egret. 
Female killed 17th June. Total length 28 inches, bill from 
gape 3|, ditto from forehead 3, wing 12J, tarsus 5, tail 5|. 
Irides gamboge-yellow; bill orange-yellow; bare skin ad¬ 
joining the eyes pale greenish yellow; tarsi and feet bluish. 
Female killed 14th September. Total length 27 inches, 
bill from gape 3|, ditto from forehead 2J, wing Ilf, tarsus 4|, 
tail 5|. 
Irides tawny yellow; bill chrome yellow, darker at the 
base; bare skin adjoining the eyes bright verdigris green; 
shanks chrome yellow; tarsi dusky, almost black, except the 
upper portion, which was chrome yellow. 
[I imagine that this is the species included in Mr. Bar- 
ratFs list in ‘The Ibis^ for 1876, p. 210, under the name of 
Ardea egretta , a designation to which I believe it is not cor¬ 
rectly entitled.—J. H. G.] 
Herodias garzetta (Linn). Little Egret. 
Shot 18th January, not in nuptial dress; irides pale yel¬ 
low ; bill dusky, but the under mandible pinkish at the base; 
shanks and tarsi dusky black ; feet pale yellowish green. 
Ardeola comata (Pall). Squacco Heron. 
Male, killed 15 th January, notin nuptial dress ; irides pale 
yellow, orange on the outer edge; bare skin between the eye 
and the bill, and also the base of the bill, greenish, upper 
mandible dusky, lower mandible and commissure yellow; bill 
