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Genus DICHROMANASSA, Ridgw. 



Dichromanassa rufa (Bodcl.). 



Dichroniauassa rufa, Baird, Brewer Si- JiuJt/w. Wotei- Birch N. Am. i. 



p 33 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 106 (1898) ; id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 196 (1899). 

 Ardea rufescens, Scott. Auk, v. p. 184 (1888). 



The eggs of the lleddish Egret, or Peale's Egret, vary from 1 -77 

 to 2-05 in length, and from 1-33 to 1-5 in breadth. 



1. Florida (He-nsfimv Cull.). 



1. Florida (A. L. Heervum). 



3. Tampa Eav, Florida, 13th May 

 (ir. E. 1>. Scott). 



2. Tampa Bay, Mav ( W. E. D. S.). 



2. Old Tampa Bay, Florida, 26th 



K^n\{W.E.D.S.). 



3. Old Tampa Bay, 26th April ( W. E. 



D. S.). 

 3. Old Tampa Bay, 26th April ( W. E. 

 D. S.). 



1. Sarasota Bay, Florida, May ( W. E. 



D.S.). 



2. Sarasota Bay, May ( W. E. B. S.). 

 5. Sarasota Bay, ^lay ( W. E. I). S.). 



3. Sarasota Bay, May ( TV. E. D. S.). 

 2. Maxiuco, Florida, 13th May ( W. E. 



D. S.). 



Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Princeton Uniyersity, N.J. [E.]. 



Genus NOTOPHOYX, Shca-pe. 



Notophoyx novae-hoUandiae (Lath.). 

 (Plate V. %. 1.) 



Ardea noyie-hollandiae, Gottld, Hcmdb. Birds Avstr. ii. p. 299 (1865) ; 



Cavipbell, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 58 (1883); Buller, Birds 



Neio Zecd. 2nd ed. ii. p. 134 (1888) ; North, Nests if Eqgs Austr. 



Birds, p. 318 (1889). 

 Notophoyx novas-hollandite, Sharj)e, Cat. Birds B. M. xxyi. p. 109 



( 1898) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 196 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kut. Eiersamml. p. 230 



(1899). 



The eggs of the White-fronted Heron measure from 1'8 to 2-04 

 in length, and from 1'35 to 1-45 in breadth. 



