2]. liUTORIDES. 187 



(Guatemala); Newton, t. r. p. L>()1 (St. Croix); Cass. Pi: Phil. 

 Acad. 1800, p. 378 (St. Tliomas) ; March, op. cit. 1864, p. G4 

 (Jamaica); E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 18r.4, p. U-'i (Trinidad), p. 171 

 (Porto Rico) ; iS'cZ. 8c Salv. P. Z. ,S. 1867, p. 250 (Mosquito) ; iid. 

 op. cit 1869, p. 2o2 (Venezuela) ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 

 ix. p. 142 (1868 : Costa Rica) ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 218 

 (Veragua); Allen, Bull. Mus. C. Z. ii. p. 359 (1871: Florida); 

 Sol. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 273 (Sta. l.ucia) ; Allen, Bull. Mus. 

 C. Z. iii. p. 182 (1872 : Kansas) ; Scl. $,■ Salv. JSomencl. Av. 

 Neotr. p. 125 (1873 : Mexico & Central America) ; Hensh. 

 Rep. Zool. E.vpl. lOOth Merid. p. 465 (1875) ; Peichen. J. f. O. 

 1877, p. 255 ; Merrill, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 105 (1878 : S. 

 Texas, breeding) ; Lawr. t. c. p. 196 (S. Vincent), p. 236 (An- 

 tigua), p. 241 (Barbados, breeding), p. 275 (Grenada), p. 359 (Mar- 

 tinique) ; Beldimj, t. c. p. 442 (Stockton & Murpbys, San Joaquim, 

 Cal., breeding) ; Lawr. t. c. p. 400 (Guadeloupe) ; Set. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1879, p. 542 (Medellin) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 765 (Montserrat) ; 

 Ridyw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 197 (1880) ; A.SfE. Netvton, Handb. 

 Jamaica, p. Ill (1881); Coues, Check-list N. Amer. B. p. 107 

 (1882; ; Nntting, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 406 (1882 : Costa Rica) ; 

 Rid(/w. t. c. p. 502 ; Belding, t. c. p. 544 (Lower Calif.) ; Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1883, p. 428 (Acapiilco) ; Boucard, t. c. p. 458 (Yucatan) ; 

 Baird, Breiver, l<f Ridyw. Water-B. N. Amer. i. p. 50 (1884) ; 

 Coues, Key N. Am. B. 2nd ed. p. 662 (1884) ; Agersb. Auk, ii. 

 p. 287 (1885 : S. Dakota, breeds) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 326 (Do- 

 minica) ; Hartert, Ibis, 1893, pp. 307, 325, 334 (Aruba ; Bonaire ; 

 Curasao) ; Sharpe, Bull. B. O. Club, iii. p. xviii (1894). 



Ocniscus virescens, Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, p. 343 (Cuba) ; Brewer, 

 Proc. Bost. Soc. 1860, p. 308 (Cuba) ; Gundl. Rep. Fis.Nat. Cuba, 

 p. 349 (1866) ; id. J.f. O. 1875, p. 307 ; id. Ann. Soc. Esp. N. H. 

 vii. p. 359 (1878: Porto Rico) ; Heine ^- Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. 

 Hein. p. 308 (1890). 



Ocniscus brunnescens, Cab. J.f. O. 1856, p. 344 ; Brewer, Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. vii. p. 308 (1860) ; Gundl. J.f. O. 1875, p. 308. 



Butorides brunnescens, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 677 (1858) ; March, 

 Pr. Phil. Acad. 1864, p. 64 (Jamaica) ; Ridqw. Pr. U.S. Nat. 3Ius. 

 iii. pp. 214, 237 (1880) ; Baird, Breiver, ^ Ridgiv. Water-B. N. 

 Amer. i. p. 49 (1884). 



Ardea (Butorides) virescens, Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. xi. p. 97 (1867 : 

 S. Domingo). 



Ardea bahamensis, Brewster, Auk, v. p. 83 (1888). 



Ardea virescens frazari, Brewster, Auk, v. p. 83 (1888 : Lower Ciili- 

 fornia). 



Butorides saturatus, Ridyw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 577 (1887 : 

 Swan Island). 



Ardea virescens bahamensis, Cory, Cat. B. W. Ind. p. 90 (1892). 



Adult male in hreeding-plnmage. General colour above green, the 

 long dorsal plumes and scapulars hoary grey, at least at their ends : 

 wings green like the back, M'ith somewhat of a purplish reflection 

 under certain lights, all the feathers fringed with ochraceous or 

 reddish brown, the lesser wing-covcrts very distinctly, but the 

 greater coverts and secondaries with a very narrow fringe of whitish ; 

 bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills dark slate-colour, with 

 narrow whitish fringes to the tips ; lower back, rump, upper tail- 

 coverts, and tail dark green ; crown of head and occipital crest glossy 



