276 HERODIONES. 



Ardetta minuta. 



1308. Skeleton. 0. C. 1318 B. ParchaRed. 



1309. Skeleton. O.C. 1318 a. Yarrell Collection. 



1310. Skull. 0. C. 1318. Purchased. 



1311. Sternnm of female, with shoiilJer-girdle. S. S. 1471. 



Presented hi/ P. L. Sclater, Esq., F.P.S. 



Ardetta exilis. 



Ardea exilk, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, p. 645 (1788). 

 Botaurus exilis, A. 0. U. Check-1. N. Amer. B. p. 134 (1886). 



The Least Bittern. 



JIah. Temperate North America to Brazil and the West 

 Indies. 



1312. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. North America. S. S. 



1280. Presented hy the Smithsonian Institution. 



Ardetta flavicollis. 



Ardea Jlavicollis, Latham, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 701 (1790). 

 Butorides flavicollis, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 315 (1865). 



The Yellow-necked Mangroye-Bittern. 



Hah. Australia. 



1313. Sternum of female, with shoulder-girdle. From Clarence 



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



Presented hy Dr. E. P. Pant say. 



Genus BUBULCUS. 

 Bp. Consp. Syst. Orn. p. 37 (1854). 



Bubulcus bubulcus. 



Ardea bubulcus, Audouin, Expl. Somm. Ois. de I'Egypte, i. p. 298, 

 pi. 8. fig. 1 (1825) ; Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 492 (1884). 



The Buff-backed Heron. 



Hah. Southern Europe and Africa. 



