ANNOTATED LIST OF BIRDS 



Family ARDEIDAE 



•DEMIGRETTA SACRA SACRA (Gmelin) «» 



[Ardea] sacra Gmelin, Systcma naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 640, Apr. 20, 1789> 

 ("Tahiti.") 



This species has been recorded from Pulo Pandak by Doctor 

 Hartert.^ 



•BUTORIDES JAVANICUS AMURENSIS (Schrenck) 



Ardea {Bidorides) virescens var. amurensis Schrenck, Reisen und Forschungen 

 im Amur-Lande, Band 1, Lief. 2, Vogel des Amur-Landes, p. 441, June, 1860. 

 ("Amur.") 



Tliis subspecies has been recorded by Doctor Hartert ^ as a migrant in 

 the Natuna Islands, presumably on Bunguran Island, since he first 

 recorded the species from that island under the name Butorides 

 javanicus.^ 



BUTORIDES JAVANICUS ABBOTTI.io new subspecies 



Subspecific characters. — Similar in size to Butorides javanicus 

 carcinophilus from the Philippine Islands, but coloration of lower 

 parts and sides of neck decidedly paler. 



Type.— Adult male, U.S.N. M. No. 172899. Pulo Lankawi, western 

 Malay Peninsula, December 4, 1899; Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Geographic distribution. — Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, India, south- 

 ern China, Cochin China, and Natuna Islands. 



Measurements of type. — Total length in flesh, 445 mm.; wing, 177; 

 tail, 65; exposed culmen, 60; height of bill at base, 14; tarsus, 48; 

 middle toe without claw, 43.5. 



Remarks. — A single specimen, a male, U.S.N.M, No. 174644, was 

 taken by Doctor Abbott on Pulo Seraia, Natuna Islands, May 29, 

 1900. Length in flesh, 445 mm. It is a bird of apparently the 

 previous year, which has not yet acquired the adult plumage. The 

 foreneck and even the posterior lower parts are more or less brownish, 

 the crest duU and anteriorly streaked narrowly with dull white, the 

 dorsal plumes not well developed, and many of the primaries and 

 secondaries Avith conspicuous white terminal spots. Some of its 



•» Species preceded by an asterisk (*) are not represented by specimens sent by Doctor Abbott. 

 ' Nov. Zool., vol. 2, no. 3, p. 477, Aug. 17, 1895. 



>Dle Vogel der paWarktischen Fauna, Heft 10 (Band 2, Heft 4), p. 1250, Mar., 1920. 

 • Nov. Zool., vol. 1, no. 2, p. 483, Apr. 16, 1894, 

 i" Named for Dr W, L. Abbott. 



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