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Genus DEMIGBETTA. 



Dcmli/rfll'i Hlytb, Juitin. As. Sw-. Ueiiijtil. vol. xv. p. 372. I84(j. 

 Type (by m(iiioty]iy) : li. cowfllor Blytli. 



274. Demigretta sacra greyi. 



Ilcriithii.i ijixiji Gould, Biril.i Auglr. vol. vi. pi. ijl. 1848 : Xew South W;iles. 



Australian Reef Heron (White Bird). 

 Mathews, llaiH/list No. 209 (pars), 

 llange : Australia. 



•^75. Demigretta sacra cooktowui subsp. u. 



(Jueeuslaud Blue Reef Heron. 

 Mathews, Haiu/lint No. 209 (pars). 



Difters from I), sacra blue variety in Ix'iiig mure brownish bine and having 

 shorter tarsi (viz. 70 mm.). 



Type : Queensland (Cooktown), No. 58U5. 

 Range : Queensland. 



276. Demigretta sacra tormenti snbsp. n. 



Western Blue Reef Henni. 

 Mathews, Ihuullist No. 209 (pars). 



Differs from Demigretta sacra blue variety in being much paler— that is, 

 more grey. 



Type : North-West Australia, No. 8572. 

 Range : North-West Australia. 



.Xote. — Herodias patinosus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. {Loud) 1847. p. 221, Port 

 Stephens, N.S.W.(l), and beaatifully figured in his Birds Austr. vol. vi. pi. 59. 

 1846, is the African A. gularis (Bosc), and Ardm matook Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. 

 irilist. Nat. vol. xiv. 1817, is from New Zealand. 



Genus NYCTICOBAX. 



Niji-tkortij- Forster, %«. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 5'J. 1817. 

 Type (by uionotypy) : N. mjcticorax Linne. 



277. Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae. 



.\rdca aii.-ititdasiae Vieillot, Tubl. Encijl. Mcl/iml. Oni. vol. lii. p, 1I3U. 1823 ; Now South Wales. 

 Synonyms : 



Ardea maaihila Lathum (not BodilaLTt), liidej: Onutli. SiipjiL p. Ixiv. 1801 ; New South Wales. 

 .Irdea niinii'linlhimliifr Vieillot (not Latham), Xoiir. Diet. d'Hisl. Nat. vol. xiv. p. 43G. 1817 : New 

 South Wales. 



Australian Night Heron. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 210 (pars). 

 Range : Queensland to .South Australia. 



