( 126 ) 



on maiulible ; a sharply detiucd liue marks the plumbeous from the pale lilac-pnrple 

 spot that occupies centre of mandible. The line between the cobalt-blue and lilac 

 spot also sharp." 



(Nos. 8968, yrrO, loesr, IIUQT, mm, lllim, lll-^-t, 111.54 Cherrie coll.) 



442. Syrigma sibilatrix (Temm.).* 



Anha siWalrij- Temm., PL G>1. V. pi, -271 (lH-24) (- Paragviay et Bre'sil.""-We take S. Brazil a-s 

 the typical habitat. Cf. Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Ardeae, p. 3G : Ad. fig. d;ins les PI. Col. 271 

 Br^sil, coll. Bonjour). 



Caicara: ? ad. 22. x. '98. "Iris pearl-grey: feet black: bill rose-iiink, tip 

 blackish, bare skin in face aznre bine. In life there is a narrow whitish line where 

 the pink and black meets, the pink fading into the white colour, which is abruptly 

 replaced by the black colour." (No. H2.")l Cherrie coll.) 



443. Butorides striata (L.). 



Arclen striata Linn., Sysl. Xat. Ed. X. 1 (1758) p. 144 (typ. ex Surinam -Rolander). 



Altagracia: " c? " juv. 26. i. '98 ; ? juv. 7. xii. '97. 



Caicara: "c?c??" ad. 15. viii. '98. "Iris lemon-yellow; feet olive-green; 

 bill above black, below pale greenish ; lores black ; bare skin about eye sulphur- 

 yellow." 



(Nos. 9U65, 9841, 11133, 11134, 11135 Cherrie coll.) 



Suapure : ? ? ad. 28. v., 29. vi. '98 (Klages). 



La Union : 17. xii. 1900 (E. Andre). 



444. Tigrisoma lineatumt (Bodd.). 



A,-ih„ Uneaki Bodd., Tall. PI. Enl. (1783) p. .02 (ex /'/. Enl. 8G0 ad.-Cayeune). 



Caicara : ? ad. 28. ii. '98. 



Quiribana de Caicara: " c? " ad. 8. iv., ? 6. iv. ; Si jr. 5, S. (bis) iv. '98. 

 " Iris, inner ring chrome-yellow, changing abruptly to walnut-brown on the outer 

 half; feet olive in front, olive-green on posterior half; bill above clove-brown, 



* It is quite impossible to accept the name eyanoeephala ii.sed for this species by Heine, liciclienow, 

 and Sharpe. Vieillot (^Nmv. IHct. xiv. p. 411) had not the intention to create a new name, but while 

 describing our species after Azaras " FlauUi del Sol " (^Ai»in1am. iu. p. 1G9), he associated it quite 

 erroneously with the Ardea cyanocephnta of Molina, which is a Ayrticurax (cf. Cat. S. XXVI. p. 156). 



t Although there is some probability that Ardea hraiilieitsi) Uriss. (if the description is really taken 

 £iom a Cayenne bird in Mus. Ii6aumur), which, with Marcgra\es " Soco," forms the base of Ardea 

 branlicnsis Unn.. belongs to the same species as Ardea lineata Bodd. it seems better to drop the term 

 •■ ir<«riK«t»i»," as Brisson's description is by no means clear, and as Marcgraves description is probably 

 referable to T. hahiae Sharpe. 



