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Family ARDEWAE. 

 [n21. Ardea cocoi Linn.* 



Ar(1ea Cocoi Linne, SijM. Xnt. ed. xii. 1 (ITtJiJ) p. 'S-T, (ex Briss. etc. — ex " Cayana," sc. Cayenne), 

 (/avenne (Brisson, " niclie k Cayenne " — Buffon).] 



[522. Herodias egretta (Gml.). 



AriUa E;iielUi Gmelin, .S>7. Xnl. ed. xiii. i. 1 (17S8) p. 029 (ex BuflF. & Daubent. PL Eiil. 9-25, etc. 

 — hab. '' in ins. Dominica, Falkland, Louisiana'' — hab. restrict, ins. Dominica). 



Cayenne, " I'.ummiin, niclie sur les petites iles " (Buffon).] 

 [52;i. Leucophoyx candidissima iGiul.i. 



Ardea ruinlidisxhrui Crmelin, Si/xl. Nnt. ed. xiii. i. 1 (1788) p. 033 (ex Jacquin lieiiir. p. 18^typ. ex 

 " Carthagena ''). 



Cayenne (Miis. Paris— y^'r/f Cuv., Deplanches leg.— JrJe Bp., Rothery collection 

 in Mns. Brit.).] 



[524. Florida caerulea (Linn.). 



Aniea i-oenz/ra Linne, Sysl. Xat. ed. x. 1 (17.'i8) p. IJ3 (■'America septr." — hab. restrict. Carolina 

 ex Catesby — aut. Berl. & Hart.). 



Cayenne (Buffon, Deplanclies leg.— fide Bp.). 



" Mabury, rives de Kaw " (Geay leg. in Mns. Paris).] 



525. Hydi'anassa tricolor (Jliill.). 



Anlea tricolor r. h. S. MiWler, Xaliirsi/.^/. Si,j,,,l, (1770) p. Ill (ex Daubent. /'/. Enl. 350+)— typ 



ex Cayenne). 

 Arilea Griseo-Alba Richard & Bernard, Cat. Oix. env. de Cayenne k la Soc. par M. le Blond, in 



Avtes Soc. Hist. Xat. Paris i. 1 (1792) p. 117. no. 59 (Cayenne). 



Cayenne: 2 SS jnv., October fi, November 24; 5 ?? jnv., October 31, 

 November 24, 25, 28, 29, 1902. 



Koche-Marie : 1 S ad., November 12, 19U-2. 



" Iri.s vinaceons (leraon-yellow), feet anteriorly dnsky sage green, posteriorly 

 olive-yellow (sage green lighter below on tibia), bill above blackish, below olive- 

 buff (above blackish, black at tip, below yellowish olive, above blackish, lighter 

 on cutting edges, below yellowish olive-buff)." 



Nos. 425, 13, 732, 865, 80(5, 912, 985, 959. 



S ad. : al. 222J ; cand. 7(1 ; culm. 8Gi ; tars. 78 mm. 



SS jnv. and ? ? juv. : -A. 222—205; caud. 71— (i5J; culm. 85|— 77i ; tars. 

 76i— 63J mm. 



[Cayenne (Buff., Leblond leg. in Mus. Paris), " Mahury, rives de Kaw" (Geay 

 leg. in Mns. Paris).] 



[52(1. Nyctanassa violacea (Linn.). 



Ardea viuhicea Linnt', Syxt. Nut. ed. x. 1 (17.08) p. 14:i (liab. in ''Am. septr."— hab. subst. Carolina 

 ex Catesby — aut. Hellm.). 



Cayenne (Buffon, Mns. d. Pays-Bas).] 



• The foIlnwinf< species of .{rdc'idac not yot mentioned from Cayenne may be fouiiil there : 

 Surti]iiin sibilatHj" (Tcmm.) — Angostura, Orinoco — Brazil. 



+ Daubenton's figure is hardly recognisable, the throat and lower neek being of a uniform slate- 

 blackish ci lour, instead of rufous brcnvn in the nii'ldle portion. Perhaps Richard anil liemani's name, 

 griuoalba, must come in use. 



