oaS Cory on the Birds of the West Indies, 



Ocniscus virescens Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 308 (i860) 



(Cuba). — GuNDL. Reperl. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p, 349 (1S66); ib. 



J. f. O. 1875, p. 307 (Cuba) ; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 



359 (1878) (Porto Rico). 

 Butorides brunnescens? March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S64, p. 64 



(Jamaica). 

 Ardec {Butorides) virescc7is Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 97 



(1S67) (San Domingo). 



Common throughout the Bahamas and Antilles. 

 Ardea brunnescens "Gundl." 



Ardea brunnescens "Gundl. Mss." — Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 84 (1850). — 



Reich. J. f. O. 1877, p. 255.— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 28 (18S5). 

 Octiiscus brunnescens Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 344. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. 



Nat. Hist. VII, p. 308 (i860). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, 



I. P- 350 (1866) ; tb. J. f. O. 1875, p. 308. 

 Butorides brunnescens Baird, Bds. N. Am. p. 677 (1858) ; ib. Cat. Am. 



Bds. No. 494 (1859).— Gundl. Ann. N. Y. Lvc. Nat. Hist. 1S62, p. 



271. — Gray, Handl. Bds III, p. 32 (1871). — Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. 



Hist. N. Am. W. Bds. I, p. 49 (1884). 



Sp. Char. — Pilium and occipital crest greenish black, showing a green 

 gloss in the light; whole throat and neck rich rufous brown, show- 

 ing a tinge of orange brown on the chin ; back feathers slaty gray; 

 wing-coverts not margined with white, but showing slight brown- 

 ish edgings; otherwise resembling A. virescens. 



Length, 19.00; wing, 6.50; tail, 2.75; tarsus, 2.10; bill, 2.60. 



Habitat. Cuba. 



Ardea tricolor ruficoUis (Gosse). 



Ardea leucogastra D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 200 



(1840). 

 Egretta ruficoUis Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 33S (1847). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 



1862, p. 205 (Jamaica). 

 Herodias hidoviciana Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 30S (1S60) 



(Cuba). 

 Herodias ruficoUis Gundl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 83.'' (Cuba). 

 Demicgretta ludoviciana March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S64, p. 63 



(Jamaica). 

 Demicgretta ruficoUis Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 3.^8 (1S66) ; 



ib. J. f. O. 1875, p. 303 (Cuba) ; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, 



P- 356 (1878) (Porto Rico). 

 Ardea leucogastra var. leucoprymna Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 168 (1880). 

 Ardea ludoviciana A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. iii (1881). 

 Ardea tricolor Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 28 (1S85). 



