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262. Ardea sumatrana mathewsae subsj). n. 



Great-billed Heron. 

 Mathews, llundlist No. 200 (pars). 



Diftl'rs from A. s. mmatrarm in its browner coloration aljove, with a lironze 

 tinge, its longer bill iind shorter tarsus. 



Type : < 'ooktowu, North Queensland, No. o-t43. 

 Hange : Queensland. 



2(1;!. Ardea sumatrana gilberti suljsp. n. 



North-Western Great-billed Heron. 



Matiiews, Hfindlisf No. 200 ^pars). 



DifTers from A. s. mathcicxftr in its liuHiter eolnralion above. 



Type : Derby, North-Wost Australia, No. '.t4i:. 



Kange : North-West Australia, Northern Territory. 



204. Ardea cinerea rectirostris. 



Anlea rectironlrh Gould, Proc: Zool. Sue. (Loud.) 1S43. p. ■_'!' : Xew South Wales. 



Synonym : 



.\nlf(i leucnphaea Gould, Proc. Zool. Snr. (Loml.) 1848. p. hH : New South W.iles. 



Australian Grey Heron. 

 Blatliews, Handlist No. 201. 

 Range : New South Wales. 



Genus EGKETTA. 



KiiretUi Forster, Syn. Oil. Brit. Birds, p. 59. 1817. 



Type (by monotypy) : E. garzetta Linne. 



265. Egretta intermedia plumifera. 



Herodias plumiferiis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Loml.) 1.S47. p. 221 (1848): Xew South W.alos. 



Plumed Egret. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 202. 



Eange : Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria. 



206. Egretta alba syrmatophora. 



Flerodlan si/rmatnpliortis Gould, Birdie Atixlr. vol. vi. pi. ill. 1840 : New South Wales. 



White Egret. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 203 (pars). 



Range: New South Wales, Victoria, Soutli Australia, Sunt li- West Australia. 



207. Egretta alba neglecta subsp. n. 

 Northern White Egret. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 203 (pars). 



Dilfers from E. a. syrmatophora in its smaller size. Wing: $ 345-68, ¥ 328-30 

 mm. E. a. syrmatophora $ 304-86, ? 330-.56 mm. 



Type: North- West Australia (Parry's Creek). No. 017. 



Range: Nortii-West Anstrulia, Northern Territory, North Queensland. 



