134 



d". Ad. sk. 

 e". Ad. sk. 



/". 2 juv. sk. 

 </". Juv. sk. 

 /i". 2 juv. sk. 

 i". S ad-; k". 2 



juv. sk. 

 /". Ad. St. 

 m". cJ ad. sk. 



n"-u". Ad. et 



inim. sk. 

 v"-z". Ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 a\ 2 ad. sk. 



b'^. J inmi. sk. 

 c\ Ad. sk. 

 rf\ 2 ad. sk. 



f'. Skeleton. 

 /^ Skeletdn. 



Costa Rica {E. Arc6). 

 Panama. 



Bemba, Cuba((?.i^ Gaumer). 

 Santa Lucia (J. Semper). 

 Santa Lucia, March 26. 

 Dominica, Feb. 



Nevis. 



Virtrin Gorda, Dec. 7 (C <S'. 



IJ'inch: Cory Coll.). 

 8. Vincent, Julv-Nov. (I). W. 



.'^mitli). 

 Grenada, March, June fZ>. W. 



Smith). 

 Mustique Isl., June 3 (I). JV. 



Smith). 

 Grenadines, ^lay ( D. W. Smith), 

 Bahia, Brazil (Z>r. Wucherer). 

 Santa Catarina, Brazil {H. 



Rof/ers). 

 North America. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Capt. Kellett and 

 Lieut. Wood [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 J. Ramage, Esq. [P.]. 

 J.Ramage,Esq.[P.J. 



W. Cottle, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sahin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Purchased. 

 Purchased. 



'2. Nyctanassa pauper. (Plate I. c.^i 



Nveticorax violaceus (??ec L.), G<juld in Daruin's Toy. '£eaffle' Birds, 

 "p. 126 (1841 : Galapasos). 



Nveticorax pauper, Sd. i,- Snlv. P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 323, 327 (Indefatig- 

 able l.'^l.) ; iid. Jsomencl. Av. Aeotrop. p. 126 (1873) ; Salr. Trans. 

 Z. S. ix. pp. 464, 4fl8 (1876 : Indefatigable Isl.) ; Ilidyv:. Froc. 

 U.S. Kat. Mus. xii. p. 114 (1889 : Hood Isl. ; Indefatigable Isl.). 



Ardea violacea var., Svndev. P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 125, 128 (Gala- 

 pagos). 



Male {not quite adult) (type of species). Similar to jS'. violacea, 

 \>\\X very much darker, so that the black centres to the feathers of the 

 upper surface are scarcely visible ; crown of head black, -with a 

 little rufons above the lores and a rufous streak across the ear- 

 coverts, the remainder of the sides of the face being black ; fore 

 part of cheeks and chin streaked with black, less distinct on the 

 throat ; remainder of under surface rufous bull', with broad dusky 

 blackish centres to the feathers, those of the breast being dark 

 grey, streaked with white down the centre. Total length about 

 16 inches, culmen 2*7, wing 10-1, tail 4"9, tarsus 3-2. 



Yonny. Similar to the young of iV. violacia, but much darker, 

 and the spots on the upper surface much smaller. 



Hob. Galapagos Archipelago. 



. cJ imm. ; Indefatigable Island, Galapagos, 

 b. Juv. sk. Aug., Dec. {Hiibel). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (Types cf the species.) 



