104 



u*. 2 juv. si. 



u^-x*. (S ad. sk. 



y'^-d'. Ad.; e\ 



f^. Juv. sk. 

 (f^. Ad. sk. 



/(', i^. Ad. et 



juv. sk. 

 ^'. Ad. sk. 

 P. Ad. sk. 

 m^. Juv. sk. 

 n', o\ 2 ^d. et 



^ juv. sk. 

 p'\ c? juv. sk. 



q^. 2 Juv- ^^• 



r', s'. 2 ad. et 



juv. sk. 

 ;;'. Ad. sk. 



M'. Ad. sk. 

 v^. Juv. sk. 

 iv^-i/\ Ad. sk. 

 3°, «•*. (S hiem. 



sk. 

 ip_„6 ^ 2 ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 o". 2 ad. sk. 



Vega del Cazadero, Vera Cruz, 



Dec. {M. TrvjUlo'). 

 Tampico, Feb., March, June 



(IF. B. Richardson). 

 Cozumel Island {G.F.Gauiner). 



Belize, British Honduras {F. 



Blancaneau.v) . 

 Duenas, Guatemala (O. Salviii). 



Cohan, Vera Paz, Jan. (O. S.). 



Chiapam, Sept. (0. S.). 



Honduras. 



Escondido River, Nicaragua, 



Dec. (C. W. Itichmo7ul). 

 Peje, Costa Rica, Feb. 29 (/. 



Canniol). 

 Punta Arenas, Costa Rica, Jan. 



{J. M. DoiD). 

 Lion Hill, Panama [J. Mc- 



Leannan). 

 Balzar Mountains, Ecuador 



(Illini/ioorth). 

 Puna Island. 

 Venezuela. 



Bahia, Brazil {Dr. Wuchei-er). 

 S. Vincent, Sept., Feb. {D. W. 



Stnith). 

 Grenada, W. Indies, Feb. to 



Nov. (D. W. Smith). 

 Grenadines, W.I., May 29 {D. 



W. S.). 



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6. MELANOPHOYX. 



Type. 



Melanophoyx, Sharjje, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iii. 



p. xxxviii (1894) M. ardesiaca. 



liancje. Confined to Africa. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Throat and under surface of body entirely slaty 



black ardesiaca, p. 104. 



. Upper throat vinous rufous ; rmderparts slaty 



grey, or slightly washed with vinous vinaceigula, p. 10.5. 



1. Melanophoyx ardesiaca. 



Ardea ardesiaca, Wcu/l. Si/st. Av., Ardea, p. 189, sp. 20(1827: Sene- 

 gambia) ; Grai/, Gen. B. iii. p. 566 (1847) ; Gudrin, Rev. et Mag. 

 de Zool. 185.3, p. 291 ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 222 (1857 : 

 Senegal) ; Schl Mus. Paijs-Bas, Ardeaj, p. lO (1865) ; Schl. ^ 

 Poll. Faufi. Madag., Ois. p. 122 (18G8) ; Finsch ^- Hartl. Vbg. 

 Ostafr. p. 682 (1870) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 29, no. 10123 (1871) ; 

 Ayres, Ibis, 1871, p. 264 (Potchefstroom) ; Gurney, t. c. p. 264; 

 Reichen. J.f. O. 1877, p. 261 ; Sartl. Vog. Madag. p. 300 (1877) ; 



