66 



9 ARDEA. Type- | 



A. cinerea. 1 



c »^ Knf i p. 2^3 (1766) .••■ ^ sumatrana. 



Typhou, i^-'^^f •(.^;;;- i. p. 109 (1855) ^ ^occidentahs. 



Audubonia, ^|; .f;7> O^S60, p. 200 ^ ^ 



Megerodius, i/e^«e) '^•^• 

 Ba»^e. ^^early cosmopolitan. 



Key to the Speaes. 



surface of the body ■ ■ -^ •_ • -^ -^ • or 



,.. Head and -east^ eatbe s a^^^^^^^ 

 slate-colour ; tiie 

 plumes pearly ^^y- , ,^y. tail-coverts 



■ .r'Siltf'irbSk like the hind- 



a'", feides ot iieLii u fore- 



neck pearly gre^,'^e ^^^^^, ^^^^. 



^vS aty'Sy; under wmg- ,,^,„„,,,^w«, P- 70. 



coverts wbite . . ••;••■;.;•■ 'Ag ^ind- 

 r'. Sides of neck ^^^ ^e like ^^^ ^^ 



neck; ,^^<i:|-P:^"i-tetre under tail- 

 streaked ^f .^^>^^;'of face wbite, 



si^«^St^t:iie?^----- 



,Cro.;Ti:^VttT.-? on tbe sides 



^.^'T^bigrS^edge of wing wbite ox ^.^^^.^^^ ^_ ,,, 



y. S'^gi^^cbestnutVasalsotbeedge ^^^^.^^ .^^^ ^. go. 



Entire?ywbiS"above-andbelow, in adult and ^^^.^^^^^^^.^^ p_ g,. 



6. 



young 



Ardea goliath. 



1. Ardea goliaxii. ^^ ^^gge) ; 



4;V. p. 219 (180/ ; 



