Mus Pays-Bas, Ardere, p. 9 (1863 : S. America) ; Pelz. Om Bras' 



p. 12o (1873) ; Reichen. J.f. (J. 1877, p. 269 

 Demi-Egret, Lath. (Jen. %«. iii. pt. ], p. 88 (1785: Cayennp). 

 Jigretta leucogastra, Zjc/^^. ^Ywnme/. ^y. .|f«s. ^c-o/. p 89 ^S^i- 



o. America). ^' v"-'-'-*- 



Herodias leucogaster, Bp. Cmisp. At. ii p I04 (i8or,) 



^p*^ •S7Tr89o"'cSna) ^""' ^" ^"^■^"'"- ^^''^'"^"^'' ^^^«-'- ^«^'''- 



? llydranassa ludoviciana (pt.), //.'/«e ^- Z2e/a^e;e. ^ c. p 307 ( Venp 

 ziiela). ^ ^ ' ^"^' 



J(Zh7/. Said by ]irr. Eidgway to be similar to H. n.flcom, 

 (descn))ed in fall below), but very much smaller, decidedly darker 

 the neck being in some specimens plumbeous black, in others dirk 

 plumbeous, and the ferruginous colour of throat very deep 



Hah. Guiana and Brazil, and probably extendingto Venezuela 

 I have not seen a specimen of what Mr. llidgway considers to be 

 the true ^.^™^Zor, and derive my characters from his observations 

 in the • \\ ater-Birds ot Xorth America.' 



2. Hydranassa ruficoUis. 



Ardea ludoviciana (wo G;«.), 7r7&.;^. 4 we^-. Om.viii n 13 ,,] iviv 

 %. 1 (1814) ; Vieill. N. Diet. d^Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 43b 1817 \ 

 America) ; Audub. B. Amer. pi. cexvii. (c. 1826 ): id Orn Biom- 

 "/• P-^Pf/.l.f -5^' ''■ P- 60-5 (1839) ; id. B. AmJ.sZ: v p Tfe" 

 p. 373 (1843); Scl. ^- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p l4 ^1873 

 Mexico ; Guatemala ; Antilles) ; Reichen. J. f O 1877" n -^fiq '■ 

 Mayn. B. East. N Amer. p. 413 (1879); A. 4- k Netct.Mandb 

 J^icnca, p. Ill (8^) ; Salnn, Ibis, 1889, p. 376 (Cozumel Island) ; 

 n .Evans, Ibis, 1891, p. 70 (incubation). ' ' 



Louisiana Heron, Nutt. Man. Orn. ii p 51 (1834) 

 Egretta ludoviciana (nee Gm.), Bp. Conip. List b'. Eur. 4- .Y. Amer 



p. 4/ (loooj. 



Ardea leucogaster {noc Gm.), D'Orbign. in Ramon de la Sagra Hist 



(1847) ' "'■ "■ P- ^^ ^^^' ^''"^' ^'"■^- "i^ P 556 

 ilerodiaa leucogaster {nee Gm.), Gray, List Grail. Brit. Mus. p 79 



(1844: rs. America). ^ 



Egretta ruiicollis, Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 338, pi. 93 (1847 • vmm,,^ 



Albrecht, J. / O. 1862, p. 205 (Jamaica). ^ ^ ' ^"™^^ ' 



Egretta leucoprymna, Licht. Nomencl. Av. Mm. Berol. p 89 n854 • 



Mexico). ^' \^'-ij-±. 



IleiWias ludoviciana (wee Gm.), Bp. Comp. Av. ii. p 104 na^K^. 

 Bretcer, Froc Bo.4. Soc. N. H. vii. p. .308 (I860 : Cuba) ^ ' ' 



Herodias ruticollis, Gundl. j.f. O. 1862, p 83 (Cuba) 



Demiegi-etta ruficollis, GundL Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i. p. .348 



