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7. Butorides javanicus amurensis (Schrenck). 



Ardea (Butorides) virescens, var. amurensis Schrenck, Reisen und Forschungen 



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



1860. ("Amur.") 

 Butorides schrenchii Bogdanow, Conspectus avium Imperii Rossici, Fasc. 1, 



p. 115, Feb. to Nov., 1884. ("La Region du fleuve Amour; le pays 



Oussourien.") 



Geographic distribution. — Breeds in eastern Asia north to Japan and 

 Amur; west and south to central eastern Cliina; and east to the 

 Bonin Islands. Winters south to Formosa, the Natuna Islands, 

 Philippine Islands, Celebes, and Borneo. 



8. Butorides javanicus carcinophonus Oberholser. 



Butorides javanicus carcinophonus Oberholser, Journ. Washington Acad. 

 Sci., vol. 14, no. 13, p. 294, July 19, 1924. ("Fulo Alanga, eastern Borneo.") 



Geographic distribution. — Borneo, including its coastal islands. 



9. Butorides javanicus carcinophilus Oberholser. 



Butorides javanicus carcinophilus Oberholser, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., 

 vol. 14, no. 13, p. 294, July 19, 1924. ("Casiguran, Luzon Island, Philip- 

 pine Islands.") 

 Geographic distribution. — Philippine Islands to Celebes. 



10. Butorides javanicus moluccarum Hartert. 



Blutorides]. striatus moluccarum Hartert, Die Vogel der palaarktischen Fauna, 

 Heft 10 (Band 2, Heft 4), p. 1251, Mar., 1920. ("Buru.") 



Geographic distribution. — Molucca Islands, to Timor and Flores. 



11. Butorides javanicus stagnatilis (Gould). 



Ardetta stagnatilis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, for 1847, p. 221, Mar. 29, 

 1848. ("Port Essington.") 



Geographic distribution. — Northwestern Australia and Northern 

 Territory, Australia. 



12. Butorides javanicus littleri Mathews. 



Butorides javanica littleri Mathews, Nov. Zool., vol. 18, no. 3, p. 233, Jan. 31, 

 1912. ("North Queensland (Cooktown).") 



Geographic distribution. — Northern Queensland, AustraUa; north to 

 the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Aru Islands, and Kei Islands. 



13. Butorides javanicus macrorhynchus (Gould). 



Ardetta macrorhyncha Gould, Birds of Australia, vol. 6, pt. 31, pi. 66 and text, 

 June 1, 1848. ("Australia east coast. Garden Island near the mouth of 

 the Hunter"; type locality given as Gosford, New South Wales, by Mathews, 

 Nov. Zool., vol. 18, no. 3, p. 233, Jan. 31, 1912). 



Geographic distribution. — New South Wales. 



14. Butorides javanicus patruelis (Peale). 



Ardea patruelis Peale, United States exploring expedition, vol. 8, p. 216, 1848. 

 ("Tahiti.") 

 Geographic distribution. — Southern Pacific islands, from Tahiti to 

 the Fiji Islands and New Caledonia. 



