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Hab. Arakan ; Nicobar Islands ; Australia ; N. Zealand ; 

 Africa (Senegal) ? 



A. Adult. From Arakan. Capt. Phayre (1843). B. 

 Adult. C. Young. Nicobar Islands. Rev. J. Barbe 

 (1846). {N. B. Tbe quantity of white on the throat 

 varies much in this species, and is often wanting alto- 

 gether). 



Subgenus BUTORIDES, Blyth. 



1644. B. JAVANICA. 



Syn. Ardea javanica, Ilorsfield. 



Kancha Bagla, H. ; Kiaio Bar;, B. ; Piichonx;, Ma- 

 lay ; Ujii itpian, Jav. 

 Hab. India and Malay countries. Common. 



A. Male in full plumage. B. iVnother, younger. C. 

 Young. Vicinity of Calcutta (1842-3). 



Subgenus ARDEOLA, Boie. 



1645. A. LEXJCOPTERA (Hardw. ///. Ind. Zoo/). 



Syn. a. leucoptera, Boddaert. 



A. Grayi, Sykes — breeding dress. 



A. malaccensis, Gmelin — non-breeding dress. 



Undid Bogli, H. (Jerdon) ; Kuro Bog, B. ; Kana 

 koka, Cingh. 

 Hab. India generally ; Burmese countries ; Malayan penin- 

 sula. Exceedingly common. 



A. Male, full breeding dress. B. Another (shot late in 

 the season, the neck having become greyish). C. Female, 

 re-assuming winter dress. D. Male, in winter dress. E. 

 F. Young. From vicinity of Calcutta (1842-4). 



Subgenus NVCTICORAX, Brisson, Stephens. 



1646. N. GRisEus {PL Eal. 758). 



Syn, Ardea nycticorax at grisea, L. 

 N. europceus, Stephens. 



Wok (from voice), aud Bafchka, Beng, II. ; Gadn, 

 Sindh ; Leng-wef, Arakan ; Guwo, Jav. 

 Hab. Europe ; Asia ; Africa. Common in India. 



A. Adult. B. Specimen in second plumage. C. Do., 

 first plumage. Vicinity of Calcutta (1843). 



1647. N. CALEDONicus (Gould's B. A. Vol. VI, pi. 63). 



Syn. Ardea caledonica, Latham. 



A. Sparmanii, Wagler. 



N. maniUensis{?), Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 93. 

 Hab. Australia. 



A. Specimen presented by W. Cracroft, Esq. (183/). 



Subgenus TIGRISOMA, Swainson. 



1648. T. MELANOLOPHA. 



Syn. Ardea meJanolopha, Raffles, Liii. Tr. XIII, 316. 

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