ARDK.E. 275 



1304. Sternum of male, with shoulder-girdle. From Clarence 

 River, N. S. Wales. 0. C. 1316 c. 



Presented hij Dr. E. P. Ramsaij. 



Ardea herodias. 



Ardea herodias, Linuaaus, !Syst. Nat. i. p. 237 (17G0) ; A. 0. U. 

 Check-1. N. Amer. B. p. 135 (1886). 



The Great Bltje Heron. 



Ilah. North America south to the northern parts of South 

 America, and the West Indies. 



1305. Sternum, with right coracoid and scapula. S. S. 1285. 



Prei^ented hjj the SmitJisonian Instltulion. 



1306. Sternum of male, with shoulder-girdle. 



Presented hy the Smithsonian Institution. 



Genus DEMIEGRETTA. 



Blyth, J. A. 8, Beug. xv. p. 372 (1840). 



Demiegretta sacra. 



Ardm sacra, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. ii. p. 641) (1788). 

 Demiegretta sacra, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. iii. p. 34-5 (1882). 



The Eastern E/Eef-Hbron. 



Ilah. Indian and Australian regions. 



1307. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. From the Solomon 

 Islands. Presented by P. L. Sclater, E.oj., P./x'.S. 



Genus ARDETTA. 

 Gray, List Gen. JJ. p, 13 (1842). 



Ardetta minuta. 



Ardea minuta, LiniUDUS, 8yst. Nat. i. p. 240 (1766). 

 Botaurus minutits, tSeebohin, Hist. Brit. ]5. ii. p. 510 (1884). 



The Little Bittern. 



Ilah. Central and Southern Europe to Central Asia. 



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