t. c? acl. sk. 



M. cj ad. sk. 

 2;. 5 ad. sk. 



w, x. c? ad. et 



juv. sk. 

 y, z. c? 2 ad. sk. 



«'. 2 ad. sk. 



h'. 2 ad. sk. 



c'. c? a^'l' sk. 



d'-f. 6 2 ad. 



sk. 

 .</', A'. 2 ^d. sk. 

 ij *'• cT 2 ad. 



8k. 

 I'-o'. (S ad. sk. 

 p\ q'. 6 2 ad. 



sk. 

 r, s'. rf' ad. ; t'. 



2 ad. sk. 

 u', v'. cJ ad. sk. 



w'. cJ ad. ; .r'. 2 



juv. sk. 

 y'. S ad. sk. 

 «'. Juv. sk. 



29. AEDETTA. 



Lake Shirwa, Feb. {A. Whyte). 



Benguela. 



Guiksu, Asia Minor, Sept. 



{T. Robson). 

 Fao, Persian Gulf. 



Bushire, March, April. 



Bampur, Baluchistan, April 



(2000 ft.). 

 Sukkur, Upper Sind, Jan. {A. 



0. II.). 

 Eastern Narra, May 19 {S. 



Doig). 

 Candahar, April to June {Sir 



O. St. John). 

 Cashmere, June (T.C Jerdon), 

 Cashmere. 



Cashmere, Sept. 

 Casfemere, June {G. Hender- 

 son). 

 Srinuggur {Dr. Stoliczka). 



Srinuggur, May, July. 



Gilgit, June, Aug. 



Delhi. 

 Etawah. 



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Esq. [P.]. 

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[P.]. 

 W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 

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Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

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Hume Coll. 

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[C.]. 

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2. Ardetta podicipes. 



Ardeola podiceps, Bj)- Consp. ii. p. 134 (1855) ; Sharpe ^ Boiiv. 

 Bull. Sac. Zool. France, i. p. 313 (1876 : Landana) ; Hartl. 

 Ahiiandl. not. Ver. Bremen, viii. p. 215 (1884 : Lado). 



Ardea podiceps, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 224 (1857 : Casamance) ; 

 Finsch ^- Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 708 (1870); Hmgl. Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. iii. pt. 1, p. 1077 (18*3 : Lower White Nile) ; Hartl. Vog. 

 Madaq. p. 307 (1877) ; Barnes, Ibis, 1893, p. 173 (Aden). 



Ardea m'inuta {necL.), Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 224 0857 : Gaboon); 

 Gurneij, Ibis, 1859, p. 249, 1860, p. 205 (Natal) ; Monteiro, 

 P. Z. S. 1865, p. 90 (Benguela) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 309 

 (1867 : Cape Colony) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 469 (Transvaal) ; 

 Barratt, Ibis, 1876, p. 211 (Transvaal) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, 

 p. 599 (Paiigani) ; id. Ibis, 1888, p. 304 (Lake Jipi). 



Ardea payesi, Hartl. J. f. 0. 1858, p. 42 (ex J. Verr. MSS.) ; id. 

 J.f. O. 1861, p. 270 (Casamance). 



Ardea minuta australis, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ardese, p. 39 (1863) ; 

 id. ^- Poll. Faun. Madag. p. 126 (1868: Nossi-be). 



Ardetta podiceps, Gurney, His, 1863, p. 330 (Natal) ; Gray, Hand-l. 

 B. iii. p. 31, no. 10148 (1871) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 135 

 (Benguela) ; Gur?iey, Ibis, 1873, p. 259 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, 

 pp. 63, 86 (Ceres) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1877, p. 350, note ; Ayres, Ibis, 

 1878, p. 300 (Transvaal) ; id. Ibis, 1884, p. 233, 1886, p. 294 ; 

 Gurney, Ibis, 1886, p. 296 (Gaboon). 



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