140 akdeidj:. 



Demiegretta sacra, Wald. Ibis, 1873, p. 318 (Andaman Is.) ; Hume, 

 St7: F. ii. p. 304 (1874 : Andamans and Nicobars) ; Salvad. Ucc. 

 Born. p. 346 (1874) ; Rume, Sir. F. iii. p. 323 (1875 : Mergui) ; 

 Ttveedfl. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 536, 551 (Cebu) ; id. Ibis, 1877, p. 323 

 (S.E. Sumatra); Hume ^- Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 481 (1878: 

 Coast of Tenasserim) ; Hume, op. cit. viii. p. 114 (1879), p. 158 

 (Kossoum) ; Tiraut, Btdl. Comite Agricole Cochinchine , (3) i. 

 p. 151 (1879); Tioeedd. Voy. ' ChaUengcr; ii. Birds, p. 24 (1881: 

 Cebu) ; Nichols. Ibis, 1882, p. 70 (Cocos Is., Java) ; Salvad. Orn. 

 Papuasia etc. iii. p. 345 (1882) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 52 (Timor 

 Laut), pp. 195. 200 (Kirimoen); Oates, Handb. B. Brit. Burm. 

 ii. p. 250 (1883) ; H. O. Forbes, P. Z. <S'. 1884, p. 434 ; Plcske, 

 Bidl. Acad. Petersb. xxix. p. 537 (1884 : Ternate) ; Nehrk. J.f. O. 

 1884, p. 35 (Waigiou) ; Meyer, Sitzb. u. Abh. Gesellsch. Isis, 1884, 

 Abh. i. p. 56 (Siao, Ceramj ; Vorderm. N. T. Nederl. Ind. xliv. 

 p. 202 (1884 : Java) ; Guillem. P. Z. ,S. 1885, p. 274 (Sulu Is.), 

 p. 420 (Cagagan, Sulu), p. 561 (Kema ; Maim Bay, N. Celebes), 

 p. 665 (Samatee, Salawatti) ; Ramsay, Tab. List Ansfr. B. p. 21 

 (1888 : Port Darwin : Port Essington ; Gulf of Carpentaria ; Cape 

 York ; Rockingham Bay ; Port Denison ; Wide Bav distr.1 ; North, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc N. S. W. (2) ii. p. 445 (1888: Ov'alau, Fiji, Sept., 

 breeding) ; Oyilcie Grant, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 333 (Fauro, Solomon 

 Is.), 1889, p. 187 (So-o, Solomons), p. 202 (Rubiana) ; North, Nests 

 S^ Eggs Austr. B. p. 319 (1889 : Island off Tasmania) ; Everett, 

 Journ. Straits Branch As. Soc. 1889, p. 189 ; Vorderm. N. T. 

 Nederl. Ind. xlix. p. 417 (1889 : Sumatra) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1890, 

 pp. 146, 285 (Abai, Dec.) ; Oates, ed- Hume's Nests ^- Eggs Ind. 

 B. iii. p. 246 (1890: Andamans and Nicobars) ; Wiglesw. Abhandl. 

 k. zool. Mus. Dresd. 1890-91, no. 6, pp. vii-x, 67 ; Salvad. Agg. 

 Orn. Papuasia etc. iii. p. 205 (1891) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1894, pp. 245, 

 258 (Bongao ; Sulu Archip.) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) xiv. 

 p. 601 (1894: :\[entawei). 



Demiogretta Candida, Tytler, MSS. ; Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 307 (1874 : 

 Andaman Isl.). 



Demiegretta brayi (error), Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. 

 p. 375 (1877 : Duke of York Is.). 



Ardea jugularis, var. concolor, Reichen. J.f. O. 1877, p. 262. 



Ardea j ugularis, var. novfe-guinese, Retchen. J.f. 0. 1877, p. 262. 



Ardea jugularis, var. greyi, Reichen. J.f. O. 1877, p. 262. 



Ardea jugularis, var. sacra, Reichen. J.f. O. 1877, p. 262. 



Demiegretta ringeri, Stejn. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 300 (1887 : 

 Liu Kiu, Dec). 



Demiegretta asha {nee Sykes), Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. B. p. 21 

 (1888: Wide Bay distr. ; Richmond and Clarence Rivers; 

 N. S. W.). 



Demiegretta nigra, Whitehead, Ibis, 1890, p. 60 (Palawan). 



Ardea jugularis greyi, Seebohm, B. Japan. Emp. p. 221 (1890). 



Adult male in hreeding-plumaije. General colour above and below 

 deep blackish slate-colour ; the feathers of the head almost black ; 

 the feathers of the upper breast elongated like those of the middle 

 of the back, some of the latter decomposed ; the elongated feathers 

 of a paler slaty grey, and those of the back reaching to the end of 

 the tail ; head crested and of the same colour as the back ; abdomen 

 and vent-feathers tinged with ashy ; a jmre white streak down 

 the centre of the throat. Total length i!3 inches, culmen 2-8, 

 wing 10, tail 3-10, tarsus 2-9. 



