NOTOPHOYX. LEPTERODIUS. 119 



Notophoyx pacifica {Lath.). 



Ardea pacifica, Gould, Hcmdl. Birds Austr. ii. p. 297 (1665) ; Camjjbell. 



Nent.s lV Eyi/s Austr. Birds, p. 58 (1883) ; North, Nests i^- jEV/ys Austr. 



Birds, p. yi7, pi. xviii. fip'. 2 (1887). 

 Notophovx pacifica, S/iarjiie, Cat. Birds B. M. x.wi. p. Ill (1898); id. 



Hand'l. i. p. 196 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kut. Etersamml. p. 230 (1899). 



The eggs of the Pacific Heron in the Collection measure 

 respectively: 2-11 by 1-48; 2-07 by 1-33 ; 2-1 by 1-5; 2-1 by 

 1-42; 2-13 by 1-4; 205 by 1-5. 



2. North Australia. Gould Coll. 

 1. New South Wales, 2nd Oct. Gould Coll. 



3. Dawson liiver, Queensland, Crowlev Bequest. 



16th Oct. 



Notophoyx flavirostris, Sharpe. 



Herodias picata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 306 (1865). 

 Notophoyx picata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 112 (1898). 

 Notophiivx flavirostris, Sharjje, torn. tit. p. 654 ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 196 

 (1899). 



The sole egg of the Australian Pied Egret in the Collection is of 

 an elliptical shape, and measures 1'6 by 1-21 . 



1. North Australia. Gould Coll. 



Genus LEPTEEODIUS, Hanpr. 6f Ehr. 



Lepterodius gularis (Bosc). 



Ardea gularis, Heut/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. pt. i. p. 1059, pi. 49. fig. 12 

 (1873) ; Co2van, Proc. R. Phys. Sac. Bdin. vii. p. 149 (1882) ; Milne- 

 Edwards lS- Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madug., Ois. ii. p. 551 (1885). 



Lepterodius gularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 114 (1898) ; id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 196 (1899); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 230 (1899). 



The eggs of the African Keef-Heron are of a very pale bluc 

 colour, and measure from 1"G to 1'97 in length, and from 1-23 to 

 1-3 in breadth. 



4. Betsileo, INIadagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 



3. Tamala Couutrv, Madagascar Crowley Bequest. 



{W. Deans Cotvan). 



Lepterodius asha (S;/kes). 



Ardea asha, Lai/ard, Aim. if Ma;/. Nat. Hist. 2nd ser. xiv. p. 110 (18.54). 



Ardea gularis. Le;/f/e, Birds Ceylon, p. 11311 (1880). 



Demiegietta gularis, Gates ed. Hwne, Nests 4 P'/'l^ I^id- B. iii p. 244 



(L-^90). 

 Deuiiegretta asha, Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 112. 



