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ARDEA (BUTORIDES) STAGNAL1S. 



Ardea stagnalis, (Gould) Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 297. 

 Ardea patruelis, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 21G. 

 Butorides patruelis, Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 130. 

 Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pi. 6/. 

 Society Islands (Otaheite). 



Ardea (Ardetta) exilis. 



Ardea exilis, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 216. 

 Botaurus exilisl, Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 300. 

 Ardea pusilla, Vieill. ? 



Ardetta pusill a, Gould, B. of Austr. vii. pi. 68. 

 Society Islands (Oahu). 



Ardea (Ardetta) sinensis. 

 Ardea sinensis, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 642? 



"Petit Heron aux ailes noires," Quoy & Gaim. Voy. de l'Urame, 

 Zool. i. p. 536. 



Ardea lepida, (Horsf.) Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 573. 

 ' Kakag' of the natives. 

 Ladrone or Marian Islands. 



Nycticorax caledonicus. 



Caledonian Night Heron, Lath. Gen. Syn. hi. p. 55. 

 Ardea ferruginea, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 274 ; G. Forst. Icon. hied. 

 111. 



Ardea caledonica, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 626. 

 Ardea Sparmanni, Wagl. Syst. Av. Ard. sp. 32. 

 Nycticorax caledonicus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. p. 613. 

 Gould, B. of Austr. vi. pi. 63. 

 New Caledonia. , 



Note. — The A. caledonica, juv., figured by Kittlitz in his Kupf. 

 Vog. t. 35. f. 2, is the young of N. crassirostris, Vigors. 



Nycticorax manillensis (?). 



Nycticorax manillensis, yxv., Pr. B. Consp. Av. ii. p. 140. 



Solomon Islands. 



(?) Nycticorax oceanicus. 



Nycticorax oceanicus, Less. ; Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fur Naturg. 

 1852, p. 135. 



Marquesas Islands. 



Scolopacid,£. 

 Numenius tahitiensis. 



Scolopax phaeopus, Linn. An.?; Furst. Descr. &c. p. 242 ; G. 

 Forst. Icon. ined. 131. 



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