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 2(38. Egretta garzetta immaculata. 



Hcrndias immamJata Gould, Birds Anstr. vol. vi. pi. 58. 184G : Port Essington, Northern Territory. 



Lesser Egret. 



Mathews, Ilamllist No. 208. 



Uiiuge: North- West Australia, Ndrtheni Territory. 



Genus NOTOPHOYX. 



Niiliqihoi/.r Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, v. p. xiii. IK'.li;. 



Type (by orig. desig.) : N. nomehollnnfliac Latham. 



2611. Notophoyx novaehoUandiae novaehollandiae. 



Ardea iiovaeliollaiidiae Latham, [iide.c Oriiilh. vol. ii. p. 701. 179i) ; New .South Wales. 



Synonym : 

 Ardia Imnijm Wagler, .S'_//^/. Ar. Ankn, sp. 17. 1827 ; New South Wales. 



White-fronted Heron. 



Mathews, HamUist No. 2U4 (pars). 



Range : New South Wales, Vietoria, South Australia, South-\\^est Australia. 



270. Notophoyx novaehoUandiae parryi snbsp. n. 

 Niirtlieru White-fronted Heron. 

 Mathews, llandlht No. 204 (pars). 



Diti'ers from N. n. novaehollamliac in its darker coloration above and below. 

 Type : North-West Australia (Parry's Creek), No. 623. 

 Range : North-West Australia, Northern Territory. 



27 L Notophoyx pacifica pacifica. 



Ardca iiarijira Latham, Iiiikx Oniith. Sitj/pl. p. Ixv. l.SOl : New South Wales. 



Synonym : 



.\rdiM bidlaraganrj Wagler, Syst. Av. Ardea, sp. 5. 18'27 : New South Wales. 



White-necked Heron. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 205 (pars). 



Range : Queensland, New South Wales. 



272. Notophoyx pacifica alexandrae subsp. n. 

 Northern White-necked Heron. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 20o (pars). 

 Differs from ;V. yy. pacified in being darker on the back. 

 Type : Alexandra, Northern Territory, No. G2S. 

 Range : Northern Territory, North-West Australia. 



273. Notophoyx flavirostris. 



Niitnjiliiiij.r flui'inislris Sharpe, Oil. Birdu Bril. Mns. vol. x.'ivi. p. 654. 18',I8 : Port Essington, 

 Northern Territory. 



Synonym : 



lUrudiiix piniia Gould (not Raffles), Birds Anstr, vol. vi. pi. &2. 1846 : Port Essington. 

 Pied Egret or Heron. 

 Mathews, J/a/idlist No. 206. 

 Range : North-West Australia, Northern Territory, North Queensland. 



