4. HBEODIAS. 91 



The Great White Heron, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 91 (1785): 

 Yarrell, Brit. B. ii. p. 4o4 (1843). 



Ardea epretta, Bechst. Nature;. Deutschl. iii. p. 41 (1793) ; Meyer Sf 

 Wolfjaschenb. p. 335 (1810) ; Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 366 (1815) : 

 jRoux, Orn. Prov. pi. 314 (1825) ; Riipi}. Mus. Senckenb. ii. p. 184 

 (1837) ; Naum. Vot/. Deutschl. ix. p. 85, Taf. 222 (1838) ; Temm. 

 Man. (FOrn. iv. p. 374(1840); Werner, Atlas, Gralles,^\. 31; 

 Crespon, Orn. Gard, p. 383 (1840) ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. 

 Russ. Merid. iii. p. 259 (1840 : Black Sea, March to Sept.) ; 

 Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 308 (1867) ; Hume, Nests ^f Eyys hid. B. 

 p. 613 (1873) ; Fallon, Ois. Bely. p. 160 (1875: rare visitor). 



Herodias egretta, Boie, his, 1822, p. 569 ; Brehm, Voy. Deutschl. 

 p. 584, Taf. 30. fig. 4 (1831). 



Lepterodatis flavirostri.s, Ehrenb. Symb. Phys. fol. m (1828). 



Ardea melanorhynchos, Wayl. Isis, 1829, p. 659 ; Hartl. Orn. 

 West-Afr. p. 221 (1857 : Senegambia) ; id. J.f. 0. 1861, p. 269. 



Ardea modesta, J. E. Gray,Zool. Misc. p. 19 (1831) ; id. in Rardw. 

 Illustr. Ltd. Zool. ii. pi. 49. fig. 1 (1832). 



Ardea torra, Frankl. P. Z. 8. 1831, p. 123. 



Herodias Candida, Brehm, Viiy. Deutschl. p. 584 (1831). 



Egretta alba, Bp. Faun. Ital Ucc. Intr. p. 14 (1832) ; Swains. Classif. 

 B. ii. p. 354 (1837) ; Bj). Comp. List B. Eur. ^- N. Amer. p. 47 

 (1838) ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 555 (1847) ; Macyill. Br. B. iv. 

 p. 465 (1852) ; Licht. Nomencl. Mus. Berol. p. 89 (1854) ; Heugl. 

 Syst. Ushers, p. 58 (1856) ; Juub. et Barth.-Lapomm. Rich. Orn. 

 p. 3G0 (1859: very rare); Filippi, Viaqg. Pers. p. 351 (1865); 

 Deyl. et Gerbe, Orn. Eur. ii. p. 294 (1867); Loche, Expl. Sci. 

 Alqer., Ois. ii. p. 132 (1867) ; Fritsch, Jog. Eur. tab. 42. fig. 5 

 (1870) ; Salvad. Faun. Ital. Ucc. p. 240 (1871) ; Tacz. Bull. Sac. 

 Zool. France, ii. p. 159 (1877 : Poland) ; Bogd. Consp. Av. p. Ill 

 (1884, pt.) ; Gif/l. Avif. Ital. p. 278 (1886) ; id. ibid. \st Resoc. p. 433 

 (1889), 2nd Resoc. p. 560 (1890), 'ird Resoc. p. 511 (1891). 



Egretta orientalis, Bp. Faun. Ital. Ucc. Intr. p. 14 (1832) ; Seugl. 

 Syst. Uebers. p. 58 (1856). 



Egi-etta nigrirostris {nee Gray), Bp. Comp. List B. Eur. S) N. Amer. 

 p. 47 (1838) ; Macgill. Brit. B. iv. p. 460 (1852). 



Erodius victorise, Macgill. Man. Brit. B. ii. p. 131 (1842). 



Erodins albus, Macgill. Man. Brit. B. ii. p. 134 (1842). 



Herodias alba. Gray, List Grcdkc Brit. Mus. p. 77 (1844 : Nepal) ; 

 Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Sac. p. 279(1849: Calcutta); Hartl. 

 J. f. O. 1854, p. 159; Tristr. Ibis, 1860, p. 77 (Algeria); Irby, 

 Ibis, 1861, p. 245 (Oudh); Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 744 (1864, pt.) ; 

 Blyth, Ibis, 1865, p. 37 ; Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 397 (Lower 

 Bengal); Doderl. Avif. Sicil. p. 211 (1869); Gurney in Anderss. 

 B. Dam. Ld. p. 289 (1872 : Ovampo) ; Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 267 

 (1872); Hume, Str. F. i. pp. 106, 253 (1873: Sind) ; Gould, B. 

 Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 22 (1873) ; Ball, Str. F. ii p. 434 (1874: Chota 

 Nagpur) ; Hume, Str. F. iii. p. 190 (1875 : Pegu) ; Stoliczka, 

 t. c. p. 220 (Kashgar) ; Irby, Orn. Sirs. Gibr. p. 184 (1875: lias 

 Doura) ; Wharton, Ibis, 1876, p. 27 (Corsica) ; Bxdler, Str. F. iv. 

 p. 23 (1876: Mount Aboo) ; Scully, t. c. p. 196 (Kashgar): 

 Fairb. t. c. p. 263 (Deccan) ; Butler, Str. i-'. vii. p. 189 (1878. 

 E. Narra, breeding) ; Hume, Str. F. vii. p. 114 (1879) ; Scully, 

 t. c. p. 360 (Nepal Valley) ; Legge, B. Ceylo?i, p. 1139 (1880) : 

 Reid, Str. F. x. p. 75 (1881 : Lncknow) ; Bocage, Orn. Angola. 

 p. 442 (1881 : Benguela ; Loango ; Lobito ; Humbe) ; Sharpe, ed. 

 Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 714 (1884) ; Radde, Orn. Cauc. pp. 42, 309 



