274 HERODIONES. 



Ardea alba. 



Ardea alha, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat, i. p, 239 (1766) ; Seebohm, Hist. 

 Brit. B. ii. p. 477 (1884). 



The Great White Hebon. 



Hah. Europe and the greater part of Asia. 



1300. Skull. 0. C. 1316. Hunterian. 



Ardea melanopus. 



Ardea melanopus, "Wagler, Isis, 1829, p. G60. 



Herodias melanopus, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 304 (1865). 



The Spotless Egret. 



Hah. Australia. 



1301. Sternum of male, with shoulder-girdle, wanting left cora- 



coid and scapula. S. S. 910. From Clarence River, 

 N. S. Wales {E. P. Ramsay). 



Presented }>y P. L. Sdater, Esq., F.R.S. 



Ardea egretta. 



Ardea egretta, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. ii. p. 629 (1788) ; A. 0. U. 

 Check-1. N. Amer. B. p. 136 (1886). 



The American Egret. 



Hah. Temperate and Tropical America, and throughout Cen- 

 tral and Southern America. 



1302. Sternum. S. S. 1287. 



Presented hy the Smithsoiiian Institution. 



1303. Sternum, with right coracoid, scapula, and furcula. S. S. 



1286. Presented hy the Sniith.^onian Institution. 



Ardea plumifera. 



Herodias plumiferus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847, p. 221. 

 Herodias egrettoides, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 303 (1865). 



The Plumed Egret. 



Hah. Australia. 



