C 2M ) 

 283. Ixobrychus minutus pusillus. 



Aiilea jmtiilla Vieillot, Xmn: Dal. d HUt. Nnt. vol. .\iv. p. 432. lt<17 : Xew South Wales. 



Minutu Bittern. 



MiilliL'ws, Hiiiidlist No. 2VZ (i>!irs). 



l{;uij;y : Australia. 



~f>-t. Ixobrychus minutus dubius shIjsji. h. 



Western Little Kit tern. 

 Matliews, Ihiii(lli»t No. 21:J (pars). 



Differs from /. m. pusill)i.s in having the feathers of tiie liack blackish- 

 brown, with brown edges. 



Type : Sonth-West Australia, No. 075. 

 Bange : South- West Australia. 



Note. — Lrohri/chiis si/icnxig (Gmelin), though iuehuled in my Handlist, No. 213, 

 has not authentically occurred in Australia. 



Geuns ARDEIRALLA. 



Ardeindht Bonaparte, Consp, tjfii. ,1c. vol. ii. p. 101. 18."»i». 



Type (by subs, desig.) : A. sturmi (Wagler). 



28o. Ardeiralla flavicollis gouldi. 



Ardetta gouldi Bonaparte, Cnnsp. Gen. Ac. vol. ii. p. 1.32 IXoii ; New South W,iles. 



Synonym : 



ArdeaflariruU'ix amlmlls Schlegel, .Utix. P. Ba«. vol. v. Ardtu. p. 4t). 18G3 : Xew South Wales. 



Yellow-uecked Mangrove Bittern. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 214 (pars). 

 Range : New South Wales. 



28(1. Ardeiralla flavicollis olivei suhsji n. 



Northern Yellow-necked Bittern. 



Mathews, Hniidli.st No. 214 (i>ars). 



Dilfcrs from A./, i/ouldi in its bronze upiicr-coloration, and from xL J. ilisneiji 

 in lieing darker and having the bare space round the eyes yellow as in 

 A./, gouldi, while the centre throat-feathers are rufous, not blnisli. 



Type: North Qnr(Misland (Johnston River), No. 4317. 



Range : North C^liieensland. 



287. Ardeiralla flavicollis disneyi subsp. n. 



North-West Yellow-necked Bittern. 



Mathews, Handlint No. 214 (pars). 



Differs from A. f. gouldi in its greener upper-coloration : the centre feathers 

 down the foreueck arc browner and the uuder-coloration is darker : and in the 

 l)are space round the eyes and part of the lower mandible being liglit brown, 

 not yellow. 



Type : North-West Australia (Parry's Creek), No. 690. 



Range : North- West Australia. 



