20. PILEEODIUS. J'?]^ 



?■ Ad' S §°"^'' ^"""tT^- ^- ^^'i^«o°. Esq. [P.]. 



c 2 ad sk P'-^yfandu, Uruguay, Aug. Alan Peel/Esq. 0.1 



^ ad. sk. San a Catarma, Brazil (if. Salvin-Godman toll. 



20. PILERODIUS. 



Pilherodius, Jip. Comp. ii. p. 139 (1855) p. pf£us. 



Range. Confined to South America. 



1. Pilerodius pileatus. 



Le Heron Wane du Bresil, Briss. Orn. v. p. 434 (1760). 



Le luZ\T "PP"/^" G^7^m.e, Dauhent. PL EnL\in. pi. 907. 



A^ ^ • :. A . li ^^''^'^- '^'Z^'^- ^'^■^ '-^rdea, p. ISi? sp. '^3 (1897^ • 



HirrJoffif 6) '"■^- '''"" ^" P- "^'^ (^^^'^ ' iuLrrBlt 



Black-crested White Heron, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p 92 ri785) 

 Ardea alba, var. ft Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 639 ri788) ' ^' ^ '' 

 Wyctiardea pdeata, Sicaius. Classif. B. ii.'p. 355 (1837)- Grav 

 IfawW.iy.m. p. 34, no. 10180(1871) Uoo/;,(r/«y, 



Herodias pileata, 6V«y, List Grail. Brit. Mus. p. 80 (1844) 

 Nycticorax pileata, Graii, Gen. B iii n .-iSS nsi7^ ' ^ a • 

 , Schomb. Ais. Guian. iii.' p. 754 (1848 ^ ^ifs^^vp'z ^ {rC7 



JlllZl ^'-''''-^ PT^P Cai^ara; Matogrosso j^Wq^^eri j 

 i^ci.^ ^alv. j\o7nencl. At: Neotr. p. 126 (1873) • iir] P 7 ^ Iij-q 



l^. ?-^*'),' S'T-^ Crnz; P?bas);^Se;."i%'- ^^^' 

 p. 240 ; Tacz. Orn. Ferou, iii. p. 408 (1886). "^ ' 



_.^rf«Z< ,„«?,. Entirely white all over, including the win-s and 

 tail; the primaries with white shafts; on the neck, tWt and 



Sotn't.' i'"^^' ?'^ ^''^^''^^ ^^^^^ ^« ^1- ^^^^ «« the primaries 

 crown of head purphsh, middle of the forehead white ; ou the nap^ 



hinH^^^ir^'l''''^^^^^^"^^'^^ "l^^-'^^' b-^ «kin round eye ani 

 hill clear blue, the point of the latter slightly greenish • feet leaden 

 grey; ins greenish grey" (//. Burmei^ta'.^ Tot^ leng h ah ut 

 25 inches culmen 3-2, wing 10-7, tail 4, tarsus 3-7. 



Adidt female. Similar to the male in colour, and having the same 

 decorative plumes on the nape. Total length about 23 in h^s 

 culmen 3-4, wing 10-25, tail 4-2, tarsus 3-4. ' 



Bra^ genSJy;'""^^^ '^^"^ ^^^^"^ '^ ^^l^^^-' '^--'- and 



a, b. Ad. sk. British Guiana. Sir R. Schomburgk 



c,d.6 2 ad. sk. Rivei. Rupun.mi, Feb., July Salviioodman Coll. 

 (-«. l\ hitcly). 



f. Ad.- S; S: ''""' *^'-- """*'•"■>• S™-«-'"»" Coll. 



Old Coll. 



