134 ARDEID^. 



2. Pesu, 20th July {E. TF. O.). Gates Coll. 



3. Pea-ii, 25th JulV {E. If". 0.). Gates CoU. 

 1. Pe^u, 25th JiilV {E. W. O.). Hume CoU. 



1. Pegu. 26th JiilVi^. ir. O.). Hume ColL 

 3. Pegu, Aug. (E. W. O.). .Hume Coll. 



2. Amov. China {R. Sicinlioe). Crowlev Bei:iuest. 



3. Foociiow, China. 27th Mav. C. B. Eickett, Esq. "P.]. 

 5. Foochow, 28th :Ma_v. " C. B. Rickett, Esq. ']P."- 

 3. Foochow, Juue. C. B. Eickett. Esq. P.l- 



2. Foochow. 9th June. C. B. Eickett. Esq. ^P.l 

 o. Foochow. 29th June. C. B. Rickett. Esq. "P.j. 



3. Foochow. 18th July. C. B. Eickett. Esq. P. j. 

 19. Formosa (S. Sicinhoe). ."^eebohm Coll. 



Genus BOTATJRUS, Briss. 

 Botaurus stellaris {Lian.). 



Ardea stellaris, Thien. Eurtpjlanz. i/es. T'iif/. t;ib. Ixix. fig. 8 (Isi-V- 54). 

 Botaurus stellaris, Baedeker. Eier Eur. Viig. tab. 60. fig. 5 (1855-63) ; 



HtwiUon, Ejg-'i of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 31G, pi. Ixxxiii. fig. ii (1856) ; 



Drexser, Birds Eur. ri. p. 281 (1875) : Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. 



p. 503, pi. 39 (1884): Irbt/. Orn. Sfr. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 206 (1895) ; 



Seebohm, Eq;/s of Brit. Birds, p. 64. pi. 17. lig. 10 (1896): Sharpe, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 253 (1898) : id. Hand-l. i. p. 204 (1899). 



The eggs of the Common Bittcru are of a brownish-drab colour 

 and possess a considerable amount of gloss. They measure from 

 1*97 to 2-15 in length, and from 1-5 to 1'56 in breadth. 



Botaurus pceciloptilus ( Wagkr). 



Botaurus pceciloptUus, G'o/^W. Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 313 (1865); 



Campbell. yf-<ts if- E<i>/s Austr. Birds, p. 59 (1883): Buller, Bird? 



yew Zeal. 2nd ed. li. p. 141 (1888); Xort/i, Nests d,- Egg.< Austr. 



Birds, p. 320. pi. XTiii. tig. 3 (1889) : Sharjie, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 



p. 258 (1898) : id. Sand-l. i. p. 204 (1899). 

 Botaurus poicilopterus, Potts. Trans. X. Z. Inst. ii. p. 09 (1869). 



The eggs of the Australian Bittern resemble those of B. stellaris. 

 Three specimens measure respectively: 2-05 by 1"47 ; 2-1 by 1*47;^ 

 1*9S by I'o. Two other specimens are very small and measure- 

 respectively : 1'78 by ]"3 ; I'S by l-3(;. 



1. Swan River, W. Australia, 2sov. Crowlev Bequest. 



{G.J.Bostoch: Tristram OM.). 



2. Tasmania. Gould CoU. 



2. Dunedin. New Zealand {E. A. Crowley Bequest. 



Seymour'). 



