122 AEDEID^. 



Hydranassa ruficollis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 127 (1898) : id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 197 (1899). 



The eggs of the Louisiana Heron measure from 1"6 to 1*98 in 

 length, and from 1-23 to 1"33 in breadth. 



1. North America {Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 y. Florida (Henshmv Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Tampa Bay, Florida, 13th May Princeton University, N.J. [E.]. 

 (W. E.'D. Scott). 



3. Tampa Bav, 13th Mav(fr.i:.i>.<S.). „ „ „ 



4. Tampa Bay, 13th May (H'.i'. 7). >S'.). „ „ „ 

 3. Tampa Bav, 13th May (TF.i'.D.-S'.). „ „ „ 



2. Tampa Bay, 28th May ( jr. J?. i».-S.). „ „ 



3. Tampa Bay, May ( W. E. B. S.). „ „ „' 



5. Tampa Bay, May ( W. E. D. S.). „ „ „ 

 3. Tampa Bay, May ( W. E. D. S.). „ „ „ 

 3. Sarasota Bay, Florida, May „ ,, „ 



{W.E.D'.S.). 



1. ¥\or\(\?i {Audubon : Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Port Henderson, Jamaica, 6th June. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus NYCTANASSA, Reklienh. 

 Nyctanassa violacea {Linn.). 



Nyctherodius violaceus, Baird, Brewer 4" Bidt/w. Water Birds N. Am. i. 



p. 61 (1884). 

 Nycticorax violaceus. Wells, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mvs. ix. p. 627 (1886). 

 Nyctanassa violacea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. xxvi. p. 130 (1898") ; id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 197 (lf-99); Nehrk. Kat. Eierscnnml. p. 231 (1899); 



von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iy. p. 274 (1900). 



The eggs of the White-crowned Night-Heron vary from 1-95 to 

 2-15 in length, and from 1*46 to 1-52 in breadth. 



3. F.oi-ida, 1st April {J. G. Bell). Crowley Bequest. 



5. Hope Island, Grenada, West Indies, Crowley Bequest. 

 27th April (/. G. Wells). 



Genus DEMIEGRETTA, Bh/t?i. 

 Demiegretta sacra {Gm.). 



Herodias asha, Gould, Hitndb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 305 (1865). 

 Demiegretta jugularis, Gould, torn. cit. p. 307; Campbell, Nests ^- Eggs 



Austr. Birds, p. 59 (1883). 

 Ardea sacra, Botts, Tr. Neiv Zeal. Inst. iii. p. 97 (1870) ; Buller, Birds 



Netv Zeal. 2ud ed. ii. p. 129 (1888). 

 Demiegretta sacra, North, Nests ^- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 319, pi. xviii. 



tig. 5 (1889) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests i, Egqs hid. B. iii. p. 2-J6 



(1890) ; Le Souef, Ibis, 1895, p. 422; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 



p. 137 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 198 (1899) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eienamml. 



p. 230 (lt^99). 



The eggs of the Eastern Reef-Heron are mostly of the pale blue 





