398 ON THE BIEDS IXHABITINO [1875. 



Gallinago heterocerca. Cab. oj). cit. 1870, p. 23-5, descr. princeps; id. op. cit. 1872, p. 317. 

 Scolopax heterocerca (Cab.), Taczanowski, J. f. O. 1870, p. 311, no. 17. 

 "GalUnago merjala, Swinhoe," O. Finsch, Veih. zool.-bot. Ges. "Wien, 1872, p. 2G7 (sub 

 G. stenura). 



Eab. Luzon {Jagor). 



RHTNCHiEA, Cuvier. 



189. Rhtxch^a capexsis. 



GaUinago capitis bonce spei, Brisson, Orn. vi. suppl. p. 141. 



Scolopax- capensis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 246, no. 14 (176C), ex Brisson ; O. Finsch & Hartl. Vog. 

 Ost-Afrikas, p. 774. 



Bhjncha^a vanegata, Vieill., Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Scolopaces, p. 16. 

 Khjncha^a, sp."?, v. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 28, no. 162. 



Hah. Philippines [CumUig). 



Several examples obtained by Cuming in the Philippines are contained in the Leyden 

 Museum. 



Tr. Z. S.ix. Grits, sp., T. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 27, no. 148. 



p. J6ij. -^^ ^^ ^^y ^^jy ^^ Camel, and also on Buzeta, the Philippines are inhabited by members 



of both the Ciconiidse and the Gruidae. No other authoi: has confirmed the statement {of. 

 V. Martens, I. c). 



AEDEID^. 



Akdein^. 



Ardea, Linnaeus. 



190. Ardea purpurea. 



Ardea purpurea, Linn. S. N. i. p. 236, no. 10 (1766). 



Ardea purpurea, var. manillensis, Meyen, Nov. Act. Ac. C. L. C. Nat. Cur. ssi. suppl. prim, 

 p. 102, "Manilla" (1834). 



Hal. Manilla {Meyen). 



Separated from the European species by Meyen, chiefly on account of its greater size. 



Ardea longicoUis, Meyen, Nov. Act. Ac. C. L. C. Nat. Cur. xvd. suppl. prim. p. 104, 

 "Philippines" (1834), has never been identified. If not a distinct species, it probably belongs 

 to one of the races of Ardea alia, not to Herodias garzetta, as assigned by Mr. G. R.. Gray 

 in the Hand-list, no. 1013. 



Ardetta, G. E. Gray. 



191. Ardetta flavicollis. 



Yellow-necked Heron, Latham, Synop. Suppl. p. 239, no. 82, " India, Oude." 



Ardea flavicollis. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 701, no. 87 (1790), ex Lath. ; Gray & Hardw. 111. Tnd. 



