106 AEDEIB^. 



Both examples of M. vinaceigula are adult birds with well-developed 

 crests and praepectoral plumes, as well as ornamental jilumes on the 

 back. One of them has the breast and abdomen washed with 

 vinous, and in addition to the upper tliroat, the centre of the lower 

 throat and some of the long praepectoral feathers are also vinous. 



Hah. Transvaal. 



a. Ad. sk. Transvaal (T. Ayres). Gurney Coll. 



A. cJ ad. sk. Potchefstroom, May 30 {T. F. A. Barratt, Esq. [C.]. 

 Ayres). 



7. DICHROMANASSA. 



Type. 



Dichromanassa, Ridgw. Bull. U.S. Geol. ^- Geogr. Surv. Terr. 



iv. p. 246 (1878) D. rufa. 



Hydranassa [nee Baird), Heine Sf Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. 



Hein. p. 306 (1890) D. rufa. 



Range. Gulf States of N. America, north to Southern Illinois. 

 Mexico and Central America as far as Guatemala. Jamaica ; Cuba. 



1. Dichromanassa rufa. 



? Little White Heron, Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carol, i. p. 77, pi. 77 

 (1731) ; Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 93 (1785^. 



? Le Heron blanc de la Caroline, Briss. Om. v. p. 435 (1760). 



? Ardea Eequinoctiahs, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 240 (1766) *. 



L'Aigrette rousse de la Louisiane, D'Aubent. PL Enl. viii. pi. 902. 



L'Aigrette rousse. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 378 (1780). 



Ardea rufa, Bodd. Tail. PL Enl. p. .54 (1783) ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. 

 p. 555 (1847) ; ScM. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ardeai, p. 21 (1863) ; Gray, 

 Hand-L B. iii. p. 29, no. 10128 (1871) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 

 p. 268 (1872) ; Scl. Sf Salv. NomencL Av. Neotr. p. 125 (1873) ; 

 Reichen. J. f. O 1877, p. 269 ; Maynard, B. East. N. Amer. 

 p. 412 (1879) ; Cory, B. Bahamas, p. 170 (1880) ; id. BuU. Niitt. 

 Orn. Club, vi. p. 154 (1881) ; A. q- E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, 

 p. Ill (1881) ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 458 (Yucatan) ; Cory, 

 B. San Domingo, p. 152 (1885) ; id. List B. West l7id. p. 28 (1885) ; 

 A. O.U. Check-L N. Amer. B. p. 136 (1886); Ridgw. Man. N. 

 Amer. B. p. 131 (1887) ; Cory, Auk, iv. p. 325 (1887 : Bahamas 

 & Antilles) ; Scott, Auk, v. p. 184 (1888 : Florida) ; Con/, B. 

 West Lid. p. 246 (1889) ; id. B. Bahamas, 2nd ed. p. 170 (1890). 



Reddish Egret, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 88 (1785). 



Ardea rufescens, G?h. Syst. Nat. i. p. 628 (1788) ; VieilL N. Diet. 

 d'Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 408 (1817); Audub. B. Amer. pi. cclvi. (c. 1826) ; 

 id. Orn. Biogr. iii. p. 411 (1835) ; id. B. Amer. 8vo, vi. p. 139, 

 pi. 371 (1843) ; Lembeye, Av. Cuba, p. 83, (18.50) ; Beckham, Proc. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. X. p. 636 (1887 : Bexar Co. ; Texas), p. 649 (San 

 Antonio) ; Scott, Auk, v. p. 184 (1888 : Gulf Coast of Florida) ; 

 Northrop, Azik, viii. p. 77 (1891 : Andros Isl.) ; Cory, t. c. p. 296 

 (Caicos Isl.) ; Ridgiv. t. c. p. 3.35 (Abaco) ; Scott, Auk, ix. p. 10 



* This name is founded on Catesby's " Little White Heron," which is said 

 to have a red bill. The only bird answering to this description seems to me to 

 be the Eeddish Egret {D. rufa). 



