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Page 163. Nycticorax minahassae. 



This species is withdrawn l)y the describers, who now consider it 

 to be idcnticid with N. maniUensis. Cf. Meyer & Wiglcsw. 

 Abhaiidl. k. zool. Mus. Dresden, 1894-95, no. 8, p. 19 (1895). 



,^(1(1. Pago 166. Gorsachius melanolophus. 



Gorsachius melanoloplms, Blyth, B. Barm. p. 160 (1875) ; Hume ^ 

 Damsoli, Str. F. vi. p. 484 (1878) ; (jodtcin- Austen, J. A. S. Be.ng. 

 xlviii. p. 21 (1878) ; Hume, Str. F. ix. pp. 230, 259 (1880) ; 

 Butler, Cat. B. S. Bomb. Bres. p. 84 (188U : Belgium) ; Gates, 

 Handb. B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 260 (1883) ; Butler, Str. F. ix. p. 435 

 (1881) ; Davidson, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Sac. vi. p. 340 (1891) ; 

 Bourns^- Worcester, Occ. Papers Minnes. Acad. i. p. 32 (1894: 

 ^lasbate ; Cebu ; Siquijor) ; Ot/ilvie Grant, Ibis, 1897, p. 250 

 (Samar). 



k', I'. Juv. sk. Takow, Formosa, June Seebohm Coll. 

 {Ji. Swinhoe). 



m'. J juv. sk. Parana.s, Samar Is!., J. \\'bitebead, Esq. [C.]. 

 June 11. 



n'. 2 ad. sk. Guiamaras, Dec. 3. Prof. J. B. Steere [C.l. 



o'. Ad. sk. Ayala, Mindanao, Oct. Prof. J. B. Steere [CJ. 



.\^^^l . Page 169. Gorsachius goisagi. 



m. Imiu. sk. Yokohama, Japan (H. Seebohm Coll. 



Fryer), 

 n. (S ad. sk. Fornaosa, March {R. Seebohm Coll. 



Swi)ihue). 



^(l(j . Page 170. Syrigma cyanoceplialuin. 



Syrigma cyanocephalum, Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Oni. Club, v. p. xii 

 (1895). 



d. Ad. sk. Rio Pilcomayo, July 1, J. Graham Kerr, Esq. [C.l 



1890. 



^^(j . Page 171. Pilerodius pileatus. 



n,o,p. cJ 5 ad. Savana of British J. J. Quelch and F. W. 



sk. Guiana. McCouneU, Esqrs. [P.]. 



A^^fl: Page 172. Butorides atricapilla. 



Butorides atricapilla, Sjostedt, K. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. xxvii. 

 no. 1, p. 34 (1895) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1897, p. 517 (Zulu-landj. 



p. Juv. sk. Mt. Malosa, Nov. 20 {A. Whyte). Sir H. II. Johnston [P.]. 



I have come to the conclusion that Dr. Eeichenow is quite right 

 in separating Butorides hrevipes (Heugl.) of the Aden coast from 

 B. atricapilla. The adult specimens presented by Capt. Kelsall 

 {vide infra) are nearly uniform slaty black below, with very few 

 whitish streaks on the throat, and with no tawny rufous on the 



