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Cancrophagus minuta, Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 42 (1829). 

 Botaunis pusillus, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 598 (1831). 

 Butor minutus, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 354 (1837). 

 Ardeola minuta, Bp. Comp. List B. Eur. 4' N. Ama: p. 48 (1838) ; 

 Keys. u. Bias. Wirb. Eur. p. Ixxx (1840) ; Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 133 

 (1855) ; Heuc/l. Ibis, 1859, p. 346 (Gulf of Tadjura) ; Jmib. et 

 Barth.-Lapomm. Rick. Orn. p. 305 (1859) ; Tr'istr. Ibis, 1859, 

 p. 37 (R. Jordan) ; Adams, Ibis, 1864, p. 31 (Egypt) ; Lilford, 

 Ibis, 1866, p. 384 (Spain : breeding) ; Degl. et Gerbe, Orn. 

 Eur. ii. p. 139 (1867) ; Locke, Expl. Sci. Alg^\, Ois. ii. p. 139 

 (1867); Bettoni, Ucc. nidif. Lomb. tav. 3 (1865-70); Doderl. 

 Avif. Sicil. p. 215 (1869: breeding); Fritsch, Vog. Eur. tab. 37. 

 figs. 3, 4, 5 (1870); Sau7iders, Ibis, 1871, p. 391 (S. Spain: 

 breeding) ; Brooke, Ibis, 1873, p. 341 (Sardinia : migratory) ; 

 Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, ii. p. 160 (1877) ; Bogd. B. Cauc. 

 p. 167 (1879); Radde, Orn. Cauc. pp. 42, 404 (1884: Caspian 

 lowlands, on migration near Tiflis ; 2000 ft., breeding) ; Zaroudn. 

 Bull. Soc. Mosc. 1885, p. 125. 

 Ardetta minuta, Gray, List Gen. B., App. p. 13 (1842) ; Salvin, 

 Ibis, 1859, p. 358 (N. of Zana) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1860, p. 77 (Algeria) ; 

 Porcys, t. c. p. 247 (Corfu & Epirus : breeding) ; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. 

 p. 756 (1864); Gigl. Ibis, 1865, p. 60 (Pisa: common); Godm. 

 Ibis, 1866, pp. 101, 107 (Azores) ; Lilford, t. c. p. 185 (Spain) ; 

 Tristr. Ibis, 1868, p. 325 (Palestine) ; Smith, t. c. p. 453 (Por- 

 tugal) ; Gould, B. Gt. Brit. iv. pi. 29 (1862-73) ; Drake, Ibis, 

 1869, p. 154 (Laraiche); Ehves ^ Buckley, Ibis, 1870, p. 334 

 (Bulgaria : breeding) ; Godman, Azores, p. 34 (1870) ; Salvad.Faun. 

 Ital., Ucc. p. 243 (1871) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 68 (1873) ; 

 Hume ^ Senders. Lahore to Yark. p. 296 (1873) ; Hume, Str. F. 

 i. p. 256 (1873: Sind; Simla); Irby, B. Gibr. p. 187 (1875); 

 Danf. (§• Harvie-Broion, Ibis, 1875, p. 425 (Ti-ansylvania) ; Dresser, 

 Ibis, 1876, p. 326 (Turkestan : breeding) ; Blanf. B. East. Persia, 

 ii. p. 296 (1876) : Bull. Str. F. iv. p. 41 (1876) ; C. B. Whartmi, 

 Ibis, 1876, p. 27 (Bastia, April) ; St. John, Str. F. vii. p. 175 

 (1878 : near Ajmere) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 114 (1879) ; Doig, 

 t. c. pp. 372, 379 (E. Narra : breeding, May) ; Butl. Cat. B. Sind 

 etc. p. 70 (1879); Dresser, B. Eur. vi. p, 259, pi. 401 (1880); 

 Biddulph, 76m, 1881, p. 99 (Gilgit) ; Scully, t. c. p. 592; Biddulph, 

 Ibis, 1882, p. 289 (Gilgit) ; Seebohm, t. c. p. 225 (Astracban : 

 breeding) ; id. Ibis, 1883, p. 32 (Caucasus) ; Severtz. t. c. p. 72 

 (Pamirs ; Kizil-art Gorge) ; B. 0. U. List Brit. B. p. 110 

 (1883) ; Collett, Fork. Selsk. Chr. 1883, no. 15 (Norway) ; 

 Saunders, ed. YarreWs Brit. B. iv. p. 200 (1884) ; Eagle Clarke, 

 Ibis, 1884, p. 46 (Dobanvoci Marsh) ; Murray, Vertebr. Faun. 

 Sind, p. 274 (1884) ; Sahad. Elenco Ucc. Ital. p. 245 (1886) ; 

 Gigl. Avif. Ital. p. 283 (1886) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 490 (Fao), 

 p. 499 (Busbire) ; Tait, Ibis, 1887, p. 373 (Portugal : breeding) ; 

 Beichen. Syst. Vers. Vog. Deutsckl. p. 41 (1889) ; St. John, Ibis, 

 1889, p. 178 (Candahar, summer) ; Oyilvie- Grant, Ibis, 1890, 

 p. 443 (Madeira) ; Heine Sf Beichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 308 

 (1890 : Harz ; Sarepta) ; Sharpe, Rep. 2fid Yark. Miss., Aves, 

 p. 125 (1891: Srinagar; Yarkand) ; Fatio ^- Studer, Cat. distr. 

 Ois. Suisse, p. 44 (1892) ; Koenig, J. f. O. 1893, p. 88 (Tunis) ; 

 Meade-Waldo, Ibis, 1893, p. 198 (Canary Is.). 

 Ardeola pusilla (nee V.), Brehm, Naumannia, 1855, p. 290. 



Adult male. General colour above black with a greenish gloss, 



