THE BIRDS OF THAILAND 



Genus EGRETTA T. Forster 



Egretta sacra sacra (Gmelin) 



[Ai'dea] sacra Gmelin, Caroli a Linne . . . Systema naturae, ed. 

 13, torn. 1, pars 2, 1789, p. 640 (Tahiti Island, Society Islands). 

 Range: Reported from reefs and islets along both coasts to the 

 extreme South. 



Egretta eulophotes (Swinhoe) 



Herodias eulophotes Swinhoe, Ibis, vol. 2, No. 5, January 1860, 

 p. 64 (Amoy, Fukien Province, China). 

 Range: Now possibly extinct, but at least formerly a winter visitor 

 from the North, reported on migration or in winter from the penin- 

 sular provinces (specimens in the British Museum from Phuket, 1879, 

 andPattani, 1901). 



Egretta alba modesta (J. E. Gray) 



Ardea modesta J. E. Gray, Zoological Miscellany, No. 1, 1831, 

 p. 19 (India). 

 Range: Reported from both stiU and running waters of the northern 

 plateau, the central plains, and the western and peninsular provinces 

 south to Surat Thani. 



Egretta intermedia palleuca Deignan 



Egretta intermedia palleuca Deignan, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 60, No. 24, Aug. 22, 1947, p. 97 (Muang Chiang Rai [lat. 



19°55' N., long. 99°50' E.], Chiang Rai Province, Thailand). 



Range: The northern plateau, the central plains, and the western 



and peninsular provinces south to Prachuap Khiri Khan. 



Egretta garzetta garzelta (Linnaeus) 



[Ardea] Garzetta Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, tom. 1, 1766, 

 p. 237 {"in Oriente," ex Brisson; type locahty restricted to 

 Europe, apud Mathews, List of the birds of Australia, 1913, 

 p. 81, and further restricted to Malalbergo, Bologna Province, 

 Emiha-Romagna, Italy, by Grant and Mackworth-Praed, Bull. 

 Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 53, 1933, p. 194). 

 Range: The northern plateau, the southeastern provinces, the cen- 

 tral plains, and the western and peninsular provinces to the extreme 

 South. 



Genus NYCTICORAX T. Forster 



Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus) 



[Ardea] Nycticorax Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, tom. 1, 

 1758, p. 142 ("in Europa australi"). 

 Range: A permanent resident on the central plains, but reported as 

 a post-breeding visitor from the northern plateau (Chiang Mai) and 

 the eastern plateau (Khon Kaen). 



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