280 ArrrNDix to hekodiones, 



m. S ad. sk. Okinawa-Shima, April 4 Seebohm Coll. 



(F. A. Hoist), 

 n. (S ad. sk. Amoy, Aug. 25 (R. Swin- Seebohm Coll. 



hoe). 

 0. Ad. sk. Formosa, March (R. Sioin- Seebohm Coll. , 



Jioe). 

 p. (S ad. sk. Samar Island, Philippine Prof. J. B. Steere [C.]. 



Archipelago, April 6. 

 q. 2 imm.sk. La Trinidad, Benguet district, John Whitehead, Esq. 



N.W. Luzon, Feb. 1. [C.]. 



r. cj fid. sk. Tondano Lake, N. Celebes, C. Hose, Esq. [C.]. 



2000 feet, Nov. 



^(j^ . Page 183. Butorides stagnatilis. 



e'. c? ad. ; /'. $ Suva, Fiji, Feb. 14 {K L. Seebohm CoU. 

 juv. sk. Layard). 



^^1^1 . Page 185. Butorides sundevalli. 



Butorides plumbeus, Ridg%v. Prnc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xix. p. 602 (1896). 

 Butorides sundevalli, Retchen. J. f. 0. 1877, p. 25-3 ; Sharpe, Bull. 

 Brit. Orn. Club, v. p. xii (1885)'. 



^fl^ . Page 186. Butorides virescens. 



Ardea virescens, Field, Auk, xi. p. 121 (1894 : Port Henderson, 



Jamaica) ; Stone, t. c. p. 136 (ISew Jersey; summer) ; A. O. U. 



Check-l. N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 73 (1895) ; Young, Auk, xiii. 



p. 281 (1896 : Pennsylvania) ; Bailey, t. c. p. 292 (Pennsylvania) ; 



Ridgzv. Man. N. Avier. B. 2nd ed. p. 132 (1896) : Christy, Ibis, 



1897, p. 339 (S. Domingo). 

 Ardea virescens frazari, A. O. U. Check-l. N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. 



p. 73 (1895) ; Rid(nc. Man. 2nd ed. p. 586 (1896). 

 Ardea brunnescens, Ridgw. Man. 2nd ed. p. 131 (1896). 

 Butorides virescens, Undencood, Ibis, 1897, p. 450 (Miravalles, 



Costa Eica). 



&'. 5 ad. sk. Andros Island, Bahamas, Neville Chamberlain, 



April 18, 1896. Esq. [P.]. 



Page 186. Add : — Batorides anthonyi. 



Ardea virescens anthonyi, Mearns, Auk, xii. p. 257(1895: Lower 

 California) ; Ridqiv. Man. N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 586 (1896) ; 

 Rep. A. O. U. Co7nm. Auk, xiv. p. 119 (1897). 



Similar to Ardea {Butorides) virescens of the Eastern United 

 States, but slightly larger and paler throughout, with the light 

 markings of the wings, neck, and throat much less restricted and 

 whiter. {E. A. Mearns.) 



Hah. Colorado desert, Lower California. 



1 liave not seen a specimen of this race, which is probably not 

 distinct from B. virescens. 



