16. NYCTICORAX. 159 



Ilartl. l<,- Finsch, 1'. Z. S. 18G8, p. 118 (Pelew Is.) ; Marie, Antes 



8oc. Linn. Bordeaux, xxvii. p. 328 (1870 : New Caledonia) ; Wald. 



Trans. Z. S. viii. p. 100 (1872: Celebes); liidler, B. Aeiv Zeal. 



p. 233 (1873); Mutton, Ibis, 1874, p. 41; Buller, t. c. p. 119; 



Rosenb. Reistocht. Geelvinksb. ]>. 8 (187o: Teruate) ; Sharpe, Tot/. 



Ereb. S,- Terr., B{rd.<, App. p. 31 (1875) ; Halvad. Ann. Mas. Genm. 



vii. p. 081 (l87o: Celebes) ; id. op. tit. viii. p. 384 (1870: lioiiru) ; 



Cab. ^- Reichen. J. f. O. 1870, p. 327 (Dana Isl. ); Brilgf/em. 



Abhandl.nat. Jv/-. /?re?Hew, v. p. U8 (1870: Celebes); Masters, Proc. 



Linn. Soo. N. S. W. i. p. 61 (1877 : Darnley Isl.) ; Ramsay, t. c. 



p. 192 ; Lai/ard, Ibis, 1877, p. 303 (New Caledonia) ; Ramsay, Proc. 



Linn. Soc. N.S. W. ii. p. 199 (1877) ; Reichen. J.f. O. 1877, p. 238 ; 



Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. iV. <S'. J J', iii. p. 110 ( 1678 : Kataii), p. 300 



(1879 :"Port Moresby) ; I)' Albert. Ann. Mus. Genoi: x. p. 20 (1877 : 



Flv River) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 106 (Kapaor) ; Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1877, 



p. '342 (Queensland) ; Scl. t. c. p. 555 (Admiralty Is.) ; D'Alb. i,- 



Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. xiv. p. 133 (1879 : Katau) ; Salvad. t. c. 



p. 008 (Kei Isl.) ; Meyer, Ibis, 1879, p. 143 (Menado ; Limbotto) ; 



Scl. Voy. ^Challenyer,' ii. Birds, p. 30 (1881 : Admiralty Is.) ; 



Meyer,'^T'crh.z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1881, p. 771 (Luang); Blas.i^-'Nehrk. 



op. cit. 1882, p. 431 (Amboina) ; Nicholson, Ibis, 1882, p. 469 



(Cocos; Keelinp; Isl.) ; E. L. if E. L. C. Layard, t. c. pp. 531, 544 



(New Caledonia); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. xviii.p.336 (1882) ; id. 



Orn. Pap. iii. p. 372 (1882 : Bouru; Amboyna ; Andai ; Kei Bandan ; 



Great Kei ; Aru ; Salawatti ; Waigiou) ; Blasius, J. f. O. 1883, 



p. 133 (Celebes) ; Mei/er, Siiz. yes. Isis, Dresden, Abth. i. 1884, 



p. 57 (Timor Laut) ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 434 (/. c.) ; Pleske, 



Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. xxix. p. 538 (1884: Ternate); Sharpe, 



Voy. 'Alert; p. 28 (1884: Thursday Isl.) ; Nehrk.J.f. 0.1885, 



p. 35 (Waigiou) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 605 (Salawatti) ; 



Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. B. p. 21 (1888); id. Proc. Linn. Soc. 



N. S. W. (2) ii. p. 172 (1888 : Derby) ; Buller, B. New Zeal. 2nd ed. 



ii. p. 139 (1888) ; North, Nests and Eygs. Austr. B. p. 320 (1889) ; 



Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) x. p. 827 (1891: Killerton Isl.) ; id. 



Ayg. Orn. Pap. iii. p. 208 (1891). 

 Ardea sparmanni, Wayl. Syst. Av., Ardea, p. 188, sp. 32 (1827). 

 Ardea ferruginea ynec Gm.), Forst. Icon. ined. pi. Ill ; id. Descr. 



Anim. p. 274 (1844). 

 Nycticorax australasiaj. Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 558 (1847). 

 Calherodius caledonicus, Bji. Compt. Rend. xl. p. 723 (1855). 

 Nyctiardea caledoniea, Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 33, no. 10172 (1871). 

 Nyctiardea nianillensis, pt., Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 33, no. 10173 



(1871). 

 Nycticorax nianillensis [nee Viy.), Hartl. ^- Finsch, P. Z. S. 1872, 

 pp. 89, 117 (Pelew Islands). 



Adult male. General colour above pale ciuiiamon or light chestnut ; 

 the wing-coverts like the back ; quills a trifle more chestnut, with 

 a dusky shade along the inner web of the first two primaries; tail- 

 feathers like the back, with whitish bases to the inner webs ; crown 

 of head, largely crested on the nape, black, with two long white 

 nuchal plumes : a line of white extending from the base of the bill 

 to behind the eye, forming a distinct white eyebrow; sides efface 

 and ear-coverts, as well as the sides of the neck and hinder neck, 

 pale cinnamon, extending down the sides of the fore-neck ; the 

 feathers below the eye and fore part of cheeks whiter ; entire under 



