182 ARDEIDiE. 



Butorides macroihyncliu3 {nee Gould), Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 413 ; 

 Tacz. J. f. O. 1875, p. 256 (Ussuri) ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 353 

 (Labuau); Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 258 (1876); 

 David ^- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 443 (1877); Blakist. ^- Pryer, Tr. 

 As. Soc. Jajxm, x. p. 120 (1882) ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 35 (Naga- 

 saki) ; Blakist. Amend. List B. Japan, p. 34 (1884) ; Vorderm. N. 

 T. Nederl. Ind. xliv. p. 202 (1885 : Java). 



Nycticorax griseus, Blakist. ^ Pryer, Tr. As. Soc. Japan, x. p. 117 

 (1882 : teste Stejneger). 



Butorides schreiickii, Bogd. Consp. Av. Imp. Ross. i. p. 115 (1884). 



Butorides javanicus amiirensis, Stejn. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mtis. x. p. 298 

 (1887 : Japan, Philippines). 



Nycticorax javanicus, Seeb. B. Japan. Emp. p. 224 (1890). 



Butorides amurensis, Sharpe, Bull. B.O. Club, iii. p. xvii (1894). 



Similar to B. javanica, but larger, and witli a coarser and stronger 

 bill. Total length 16-5 inches, culmen 27, wing 7-9, tail 2-7, 

 tarsus 1'9. 



Hab. From Amur-land and Japan south along the coast of China 

 to the Philippine Islands, Java, and Borneo. 



Subsp. /3. Butorides spodiogaster. (Plate II.) 



Butorides javanica (nee Horsf.), Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 221 (Anda- 

 mans) ; Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 333 (Andamans) ; Ball, Str. F. i. 

 p. 88 (1873 : Andamans) ; Walden, Ibis, 1873, p. 321 (S. Anda- 

 man, Feb.) ; Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 310 (1874 : Andamans and 

 Nicobars). 



Butorides spodiogaster, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. iii. p. xvii (1894). 



Adult. Similar to B. javanica, but darker grey on the under 

 surface, which is of a sooty-slate colour with a slight tinge of rusty 

 on the abdomen, the cheeks and ear-coverts uniform slate-colour. 

 It much resembles B. stagnatilis, especially the birds from Flores, 

 but is not so dingy underneath and has a less shade of rusty on 

 the abdomen. "Bill black, lower portion of lower mandible, from 

 base to tip, edged pale horny ; front of tarsus, toes, and claws 

 brownish green, bare portion of tibia and back of tarsus dirty 

 greenish yellow ; soles clear, slightly greenish, yellow ; iris bright 

 yellow : naked skin round eye dull green, tinged with yellow in 

 front ; eyelids deep gi-een "' (A. 0. Hume). Total length 17"5 

 inches, culmen 2-35, wing 6-7, tail 2-1, tarsus 1-7. 



Hab. Andaman Islands and Nicobars. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Andamans, March ( W. Davisoji). Hume Coll. 



