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pale bhiish-white colour as those of A. sinensis. They measnre- 

 from 1-2 to 1-27 in leugth, and from -92 to 1-02 in breadth. 



1. North America {8mit/i.<. Inst.). 



7. North America {Heii-'iliaw Coll.). 



8. Winnebago, Illinois (J. ]]'. Tvlman : 



Trisfram Coll.). 



2. "Winnebago, Illinois (./. If '. Tolmnn : 



Smith g. Inst.). 

 •2. AYisconsin ( T. Kumlien : Tristram 



Coll.). 



o. Clearwater, Florida, 20th April 

 {ir. E. I). Scott). 



3. Duefias, Guatemala. 1st June. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Princeton University, N.J. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Ardetta involucris ( V.). 

 (Phite V. fig. 4.) 



Ardetta involucris, Gibson, Ibis, 1880, p. 159 ; Scl. i,- Hiidg. Aryeut. Orn. 

 ii. p. 101 (1889) ; Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 205 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. -xxvi. p. 235 (1898); id. Hand-l. i. p. 203 (1899); Nchrl: 

 Kat. Biersamml. p. 232 (lt<99) ; von Iherimj, Rev. Mm. Pallida, iv. 

 p. 257 (1900). 



The eggs of the South- American Little Bittern are of a greenish- 

 yellow colour, and measure from 1-4.") to 1-3 in length, and from 

 •95 to 1 in breadth. 



5. Argentine Republic. 



A. II. Holland, Esq. [P.]. 



Ardetta cinnamomea (6r')».). 



Ardea ciuuamomea, Thien. I'ortpjianz. (jes. Vixj. tab. l.\x. fig. 2 (1845-54). 



Ardeiralla cinnamomea, Leyge, Birds Ceylon, p. 1162 (1880). 



Ardetta cinnamomea, Oates ed. Hume, Nests i,- Eygs Ind. B. iii. p. 252 



(1890) ; La TiAiche, Ibis, 1892, p. 489 ; Sharpe, Cut. Birds B. M. 



xxvi. p. 236 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 203 (1899). 



The ewgs of the Chestnut Little Bittern are white, a few specimens 

 beino- tinged with very faint blue. They measure from 1-2 to 1-42 

 in length, and from 1 to I'l in breadth. 



1. Loyah Bridge, Etawah, N.W.P., 



24tli Aug. ( W. E. Brooks) 



2. Belgaum, 5th Aug. {E. A. Butler). 

 (5. Calcutta, 7th Aug. [A. O. Hume). 

 4. Dibrugarh, Assam, 4tli .Tuly (J. li. 



Cripps). 

 ■i. Tippeia, .Tune ( 7 . Irwin). 

 4. Tipperii. •-.Otli Mav ( V. I.). 

 :?. Akyab, Burma, -jOth Juue {E. B. 



Shoplitnd). 

 1. Pegu, 20th Juue (i:. W. Gates). 

 ]. Pegu, 5tb Julv {E. W. O.). 



3. Pegu, 20th Jiilv {E. W.O.). 

 1. Ppgu. 30th JulV {E. W. O.). 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley I'equest- 



Oates Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 

 Oates Colh 



