15. DEMIEGKETTA. 137 



1. Demiegretta sacra. 



Crabier de la Nouvelle Guintio, Dauhent. Fl. Enl. viii. pi. 9^6. 



Le Crabier noir, Bugt. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 394 (1780). 



New Guinea Heron, Lath. Gen. 8yn. iii. pt. 1, p. 71 (1785: New- 

 Guinea). 



Blue Heron, var. B, Lath. t. c. p. 79 (Queen Cliarlotte's Sound, 

 N.Z.). 



Sacred Heron, Lath. t. c. p. 92 (Otaheite). 



Sacred Heron, var. A, Lath. t. c. p. 93 (Otaheite). 



Ardea crerulea, var. y, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 031 (1788). 



Ardea sacra, Gm. ,Si/st. Nat. i. p. 640 (1788 : Otaheite) ; Lath. hid. 

 Orn. ii. p. (J9(i (1790: Otaheite); Viiill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 

 xiv. p. 423 (1817) ; Stephens in iShatv\'i Gen. Zool. xi. p. 572 

 (1819); Vieill. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1121 (1823); Gratj, Gen. B. iii. 

 p. 556 (1847); Hartl. Archiv fiir Nat. 1852, pp. 118, 134, 135 

 (Samoa; Paumotu; Fiji; Tonga); id. J. f. O. 1854, p. 169 

 (Tonga Isl.) ; id. Ibis, 1864, p. 232 ; id. P. Z. S. 1807, p. 831 

 (Matelotas) : Finsch ^- Hartl. Faun. Cenfraljwh/n. p. 201 (1867) ; 

 iid. P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 8, 118 (Pelew Islands) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1869, 

 p. 123 (Solomon Islands) ; Dole, Proc. Bud. Soc. N. H. xii. p. 303 

 (1809: Hawaiian Is.); Haiti, i,- Finsch, J. f. 0. 1870, p. 136 

 (Tonga Isl.); Fiiisrh, t. c. p. 346; Potts, Trans. N. Z. Inst. iii. 

 p. 97' (1870); Butler, t. c. p. 54; Hutton, Cat. N. Zeal. B. 

 p. 27 (1871); Grat/, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 28, no. 10120 (1871); 

 Hartl. Sj- Fin.'ich, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 32 (Rarotonga Isl.) ; Scl. Ibis, 

 1871, p. 360; Hartl. ^- Finsch, P. Z. S. 1872, pp. 89, 104 (Pelew 

 and Mackenzie Is.) : Finsch, J. f. O. 1872, pp. 33, 52 (Samoa), 

 p. 172 (New Zealand) ; Hidler, B. Neiv Zeal. p. 228, pi. 24. fig. 1 

 (1873) ; Finsch, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. v. p. 208 (1873) ; Morton, 

 t. c. p. 226; Hwne, Nests S,- Egrjs Ind. B. p. 618 (1873: Anda- 

 mans and Nicobiirs) ; Finsch, J. f. 0. 1874, p. 172 ; id. Journ. Mus. 

 Gudefr. viii. p. 32 (1875 : Pelew Is.) ; Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, 

 p. 440 (Fiji Is.), 1876, p. 497 (Samoa), p. 503 (Friendly Is.) ; 

 Sharjje, Voy. Ereb. ^- Terr., Birds, App. p. 31 (1875) ; Layard, 

 Ibis, 1876, pp. 156, 393 (Fiji Is., breeding, Nov.) ; Tristr. t. c. 

 p. 265 (New Hebrides); Cab. ^' Reichen. J.f. O. 1876, p. 327 

 (New Guinea) ; Briiggem. Abhandl. nat. Ter. Bremen, v. p. 97 

 (1876 : Celebes) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Sue. N. S. W. i. p. 80 (1877) ; 

 Scl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 112 (Duke of York Isl), p. 555 (Admiralty 

 Is.) ; Fmsch, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 726 (Tongatabu), p. 737 (Matuka, 

 July), p. 742 (Tahiti), p. 775 (Ena, Friendly Is., Aug.), p. 781 

 (Ponap6), p. 585 (Ninafou Isl., Oct.) ; Sharjie, Journ. Linn. Soc, 

 Zool. xiii. p. 504 (1878: Port Moresby) ; id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 271 

 (Ellice Isl.) ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 14 (Duke of York Isl.) ; 

 Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 115 (1879 : Hall Sound) ; 

 Rosenb. Malay. Archijj. p. 278 (1878-79) ; D'Alb. ^- Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Genov. xiv. p. 131 (1879) ; Sharpe, Journ. Linn, 

 Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 688 (1879 : Port Moresby) ; Lai/ard, Ibis, 1879, 

 p. 221 (New Caledonia); Finsch, P. Z.' S. 1880, p. 577 (Ruk 

 Isl., Carolines) ; Fimch, Ibis, 1880, p. 79 (Kahalui, Pacific), 

 pp. 220, 230, 232 (Marshall Isl.) ; Layard, t. c p. 297 (Duke of 

 lork Group); Finsch, t.c. pp. 432,433 (Gilbert Is., Ivingsmill 

 Group) ; id. Ibis, 1881, pp. 105, 106, 109 (Kushai), p. 115 

 (Ponap^), p. 246 (Pleasant Isl.) ; Tristr. t. c. p. 251 (^^larquesas 

 Is.) ; Finsch, t. c. p. 510 (Matupi. New Britain) ; Meyer, J'erh. 

 z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxxi. p. 767 (1881 : Sumba) ; Scl. Voy. ' Challenger,' 

 ii. Birds, p. 31 (1881 : Admiralty Is.) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1882, p. 144 



