AKDE^. 277 



1314. Skull. From Egypt. U. C. 1310 e. 



Presented hy Prof. Flower, F.R.S. 



1315. Steriiuin, with sliouklcr-oirJle. From Nepal. S. S. 1851. 



Presented (>i/ />. //. Hodgson, Esq. 



Genus BUTORIDES. 

 Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 2bl (lS4'J). 



Butorides virescens. 



Ardea virescens, Linnteus, ISyst, Xat. i. p. 238 (1766) ; A. 0. U. 

 Check-1. N. Amer. B. p. 137 (1886). 



The Green Heron. 



Hab. North America to the northern partri of South America 

 and the West Indies. 



1316. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. S. S. 1284. 



Presented b>/ the Smithsonian Institution. 



Genus NYCTICORAX. 



Rafinesque, Analyse, p. 71 (1815). 



Nycticorax caledonicus. 



Ardea caledonica, Latham, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 679 (1790). 

 Nyctkorax caledonicus, Gould, Handb. B. Ausfcr. ii. p. 311 (1865). 



The Nankeen Night-Heron. 



Hab. Australia. 



1317. Sternum of male, with right coracoid, scapula, and furcula. 



From ('larence River, N. S. Wales {E. P. Ranisai/) . S. S. 

 915. Presented bij P. L. Sclater, Es</., F.Ii.S. 



Nycticorax nsevius. 



Ardea ncevia, Boddaert, Tabl. PL Enl. p. bij (1783). 

 Nyctkorax ncvins, Baird, Brewer, & Ridgway, Water-Bu'ds N. 

 Amer. i. p. 55 (1884). 



The Black-crowned Night-Heron. 



