194 



b". Breast and abdomen broadly banded across 



with dusky brown and bufl' bahice, p. 196. 



b'. Head and neck black, with tawny-bufl" bars 

 or spots ; cheeks with a feathered patch 



extending forwards below the eye fasciatum, p. 196. 



"With no bars on the flanks and axillaries, which 

 are perfectly uniform, or have only a few 

 white spots; head black (in adult), black 

 ban-ed with buff (young) salmoni, p. 197. 



1. Tigrisoma lineatum. 



.PLe Heron de Br^sil, Briss. Orn. v. p. 441 (1760). 



Le Butor de Bresil, Briss. t. c. p. 460. 



? Ardea brasiliensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 239 (1766) ; G771. Sysf. 



Nat. i. p. 637 (1788) ; Zafh. Ind. Om. ii. p. 681 (1790). 

 L'Honore de Cayenne, D'Aiibent. PI. Enl. yiii. pi. 790 (juv.). 

 L'Onore rare de' Cayenne, D'Aubent. PI. Enl. viii. pi. 860 (adult). 

 Onore, Bi'ff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 431 (1780). 

 Onor^ rave. Buff. t. c. p. 432. 



Ardea cocoi {nee Linn.), Bodd. Tabl. PL Enl. p. 49 (1783). 

 Ardea lineata, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 52 (1783) ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i. 



p. 638 (1788) ; Lath. Lid. Orn. ii. p. 682 (1790). 

 ? Brazilian Bittern, Latk. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 62 (1785). 

 Tiger Bittern, Lath. t. c. p. 63. 

 Lineated Bittern, Lath. t. c. p. 64. 

 Ardea tigrina, G?«. Syst. Nat. i. p. 638 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 



p. 682 (1790) ; Burtn. Th. Bras. iii. p. 410 (1856) ; Tschudi, Faun. 



Peruan., Aves, pp. 50, 297 (1846). 

 Ardea flava, Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 638 (1788 : ex Briss.) ; Lath. Ind. 



Orn. ii. p. 682 (1790). 

 Ardea soco, IJ'ayl. Syst. Av., Ardea, sp. 30, p. 186 (1827). 

 Tigrisoma tigrinum, Strains. Zool. Jrmrn. iii. p. 362 (1828) ; Gray, 



List Grail. Brit. Mm. p. 81 (1844) : id. Gen. B. iii. p. 656 (1847)_; 



Cab. in Sclwmb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 753 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. Av. ii. 



p. 137 (1855) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 163 (Bogota), 1857, p. 268 



(Rio Javari), 1860, p. 290 (Babahovo) ; Laior. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 



viii. p. 12 (1867: Panama). 

 Ardea brasQiensis, Nemcied, Beitr. Natttry. Bras. iv. p. 642 (1832) ; 



Bur7n. Th. Bras. iii. p. 410 (1856) ; Schl. Mns. Pays-Bas, Ardese, 



p. 52 (1863) ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 589 (Trinidad). 

 Tigrisoma brasiliense, Gi-ay, List Grail. Brit. Mus. p. 81 (1844) ; 



id. Gen. B. iii. p. 556 (1847~) ; Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. 



p. 754 (1848) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 268 (Rio Javari), 1860, p. 72 



fPallatanga) ; Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 301 (1862) ; Scl. Sf 



Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 371 (Panama), p. 461 (Gualaquiza), 1866, 



p. 199 (Ucayali) ; Leot. Ois. Trinid. p. 426 (1866) ; Scl. ^- Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1867, p. 979 (Pebas) ; iid. E.v. Orn. p. 184 (1869) ; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 32, no. 10167 (1871) ; Peh. Orn. Bras. 



Ep. 302, 456 (1871: Taipa, Nov.; Ypanema, Feb. to Aug.; 

 urytiba, Ponte Alta, Rio Araguay, Oct. ; Engenho do Pari, 

 June ; Caifara, March ; Baira do Rio Negro) ; Scl. >§■ Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1873, p. 305 (Cashibova, Santa Cruz, Upper Amazon) ; iid. 

 Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p^ 125 (1873) ; Tacz. ^- Berl. P. Z. S. 

 1885, p. 119 ; Tacz. Orn. Pirou, iii. p. 401 (1886 : Lambaveque) ; 

 Berl. J. f. O. 1884, p. 320 (Lake Paturia, U.S. Colombia), 

 1889, p. 318 (Yurimaguas) ; Riker S)- Chapm. Auk, viii. p. 161 



