28. BUBULCU8. 215 



Heiujl. Syst. Uebers. p. 59 (1856) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1859, p. 37 (Pales- 



8fi^'. fioTp'- */'' i^/^i' ?y ^} ^^'^y^^ ""'^ Nubia ;Ge>/. Ibis, 

 1865, p. 60 (Pisa) ; Boyd. B. Cauc. p. 1G7 1879 



^uphus ^•en•aul, i?^. Co,«;a i^s^ B. Eur. .f N. Amer. p. 47 (1838) 



^rodiua russata, #/ac^«7/. Man. Brit. B. ii. p. 135 (1842) 



Ihe JJufl-backed Heron, Yarr. Brit. B. ii. p 462 (1843) 



Ardeola bubulcus. Gray, List Grail. Brit. iJfws. p. 82 (1844 pt ) • 



Rupp. 'S'y*^- C^^i^rsp 121 (1845) ; Brehm, Vogelf. p. 295 (1855 \ 



But a; Feilden,^Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 344 (Newcastle, Natal). ^ ' 



(184o) ; Urickl. P. Z. 8. 1850, p. 221 (Kordofan). 

 Ardea coromanda {nee Bodd.), Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 556 (1847, pt ) • 

 td Cat. Brtt B. p. 147 (1863) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1868, p^325 

 (Palestme) ; i?..oJ.. 7J^, 1873, p. 341 (Sardinia); Salnders, 

 r. z. <J>. 1886, p. 335 (Diego Garcia) 



p. 306 (Ked Sea); Tnstr. Ibis, 1860, p. 77 (Tu"-o-urt) • Antin 

 Catdesc. ^-. p.104 (1864); beyl. i Lbe, L.X'^i. p.lgs 

 (^^^0; Locke, Kvpl. Sci. Alger., Ois. ii. p. 135 (1867); Salvad 

 f o,« nS.S^ff'l- ^^2 (18/1) ; Gurney in^Anderss. B:baTll 

 Fifi-Q ^rr Oj^donga); ^w/^ew. 4- ^«foarf. Viagg. Boqos, p. 149 

 (18/3 : Keren ; Anseba) ; Shelley, R Z. S. 1879, p. 678 (Comoro 

 Ml4nf«lf''^/^^^'.P- 2 3,(Genoa); Bocage, Orn. Angola, 

 ?icQ, *-Jr ? ' ^.'""'P^ ''^ ^''^"'^ Matebele Land., App. B, p 327 



(1884) ; Sharpe, I/ns, 1886, p. 491 (Fao) ; ITeine ^Rechen. 

 Nomend. Mus men. p. 308 (1890); Sharpe, Ibis, 1891 p. 112 

 (I'ao, bept.) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 64 (1894 • Basra- 

 nipyo ; iTssambara ; Ugalla; Wualaba ; Massai Steppes ; Aruscha ; 

 Victoria Nyanza). ' 



Bubulcus ruficristata, Verr. MSS. ■ Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 125 (1855) 



9II M«7f^ fT^'^A ^T^-^- P- 2^^ ^1855); SMley, B.Bgypt, 

 p. 268 (1872) ; Irby, Orn. Str. Gibr. p. 185 (1875) '^ ' 



(1856) ''™'°'^^^'^^^'=^^ («^^ ^«^^-), -ffe«^/. Syst. Uebera. p. 59 

 Egretta bubulcus, Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 173 (Gamma R ) 

 Buphus bubulcus, Salv.Ibis, 1859, p. 358 (Bizerta; Zana) ; Fritsch, 



j^ff- ^"'•. tab 42 fig. 4 (1870); Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 391 



(S. Spain, breeding). ' ^ 



Herodias russata, Salmn, Ibis, 1859, p. 357 (Eastern Atlas). 

 Herodias bubulcus 6-'. C Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 313; Stafford Allen, 



Ibis, 1863, p. 3-2 (Egypt) ; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 333 (Zambesi). ' 

 Ardea ruficristata Hartl Faun. Madag. p. 74 (1861); Roch \ E 



Newt. Ilns, 1863, p. 170. ^ -^^■ 



^Ie.- t';"™™'"'''^^ ("'^'^ ^'"^'^•)' ^- C"- ^«y'''-» ^w, 1867, p. 70 



Bubulcus russatus, Gould, B. Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 24 (1871) • Bond 

 Consp. Av Imp. Ross. p. 112 (1884 : Lenkoran). "^ ' 



Bubulcus bubulcus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i p. 228 (1884 - 



bhoa). \ / r V 



Bubulcus lucidus, Salvad. Elenco Ucc. Ital. p. 243 (1886) • Giol Arif 

 CialakkaT ^^^^^^ ' ^''^''''^' ^'^"- ^"'^ ^'"""- ^^^^ ^ P' ^l^ (1888^; 



Bubulcus coromandus (nee Bodd.), Gigl. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. 

 p. 00 (I008). 



Adult male in breeding.plimiage. Above and below pure white ; 



