Bantayan (McGregor); Basilan (Everett); Bohol (McGregor); Caluya (Porter); Camiguin N. (McGregor); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Leyte (Everett); Luzon (Lindsay, Cuming, Whitehead); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester); Mindanao (Platen, Steere Exp.); Mindoro (McGregor); Negros (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, Keay); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Samar (Bourns & Worcester); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester); Siquijor (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor). Western Celebes and northern Borneo. Adult (sexes similar).--Above deep maroon; crown and crest greenish black; long nuchal plumes whitish except at base and tip; a narrow eyebrow stripe light chestnut mixed with whitish; below white, throat more or less pervaded with chestnut; sides of face neck and breast chestnut; under wing-coverts, axillars, and thighs light chestnut mixed with white. Bill black; skin around eye dark green; legs yellow, nails black. "Bill black; feet pale ocherous-white, brown in front and upper part of toes; orbital skin yellowish green; iris golden yellow." (Everett.) Male.--Length, 635; culmen, 70; wing, 317; tail, 117; tarsus, 79. Adult female.--Similar to the male in color. Length, 559; culmen, 76; wing, 381; tail, 123; tarsus, 81. "Young.--Wings conspicuously chestnut; spots and streaks on upper surface deep rufous or light chestnut; breast very broadly streaked with black. 'Bill brown, lower mandible dirty yellowish; legs light greenish yellow, claws gray; iris golden yellow.' (Everett)." (Sharpe.) "Quite common, but very local in its habits. Feeds at night. Roosts during the day in lofty trees, frequently choosing trees which stand out in the open." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) Oates records two eggs of the Manila night heron which were collected by the Steere Expedition in Siquijor, February 15, and two eggs taken by Moseley in May. The measurements are respectively: 56.3 by 36.8; 49.7 by 36.3; 60.9 by 37.5; 50.8 by 33.7. Genus GORSACHIUS Bonaparte, 1855. This genus resembles Nycticorax in having a short stout bill, deep nasal groove, and stout legs and toes; it differs in having the elongated crest feathers shorter and wider and in the coloration of the plumage. The tarsus is covered with hexagonal scales but those in front are very wide and appear as transverse plates. Species. a1. Head black; axillars barred with black and white; primaries with whitish tips. ... melanolophus (p. 172) a2. Head chestnut; axillars rufous, barred with black; primaries rufous at tip, the white tips obsolete ... goisagi (p. 174) 143. GORSACHIUS MELANOLOPHUS (Raffles). MALAY BITTERN.