— (i8 - 



Is. Jnnh . Tonga Is. (!riiffi\ and ^'iuafou lllihmr . — „Inpaing", New Hebrides Inglis). — „Killing', 1-uganor 

 (Kxib.). — ..Naklap-, Kushai FimrhK — ..Khan" and ^Wunensy", Mackenzie Is. (Kub.J. — .,Sogou" and 

 .Koroimel". I'dew is. Kiib. . 



I'olyucsia — tluougliout; .Maniuesuj Is. J-'orst. etc., ; Paumotii Is. I'ealeJ; Society Is. (Forsl.elc.J-, 

 Cook's Is. Go/ww; ; Samoa, Tonga and Fiji Is. ^/'ea/e e/e.; ;" New Hebrides r//iy/i»; ; Loyalty Is. fZay.;; New 

 Caledonia (Veir. «/r.); Matalotas f//nr//.; ; Pclew Is. Kub. e<p.; ; Marianne Is. Qu«y et Gaim.J ; Carolines — 

 Luganor, Ruk, Ponapi';, Ualan AV).. KilU.,\ Marshall Is. — Taluit Finxrh •, Ellice Is. (Sharpe). — Also 

 Oriental Region; I'apuasia; Australia; New Zealand; Sandwich Is. 



338. Butorides javanica. 



Ardea javanica //««/. Tr. Linn. Sue. 1821 XUI, 190; I'elz. Novara Keise 1865, 124; F. ct 11. Orn. 

 Centralpol. 18(57. 207; /-«//. P. Z. S. 1875, 440; id. Ibis 1876, 393; Nchrkom, J. f. 0. 1879, 408; North, Pr. 

 L. Soc. N. S. W. 1887, 445; Rchnw. J. f. 0. 1891, 127. — Ardetta stagnatilis Old. B. Austr. 1848 VI pi. 

 67. — Ardetta macrorhyncha (ltd. ib. pi. 66. — Ardea patruelis I'lnlr . V. S. Kxpl. Exp. 1848, 216 pi. 61 

 f. 1; Haiti. Wiegni. -Vrcli. 1852, 118: id. J. f. O. 1854, 1B9. — Butorides javanica Bh/th . Cat. B. Mus. A. 

 S. B. 1849, 281; Sahad. Orn. Pap. 1882 III, 359; Lay. Ibis 1882, 531, 544. — Ardea stagoalis Cass. TJ. S. 

 Exp. 1858, 297; C;,aii. R Trop. Is. 49; I'eh. Novara R. 124. — Arde astriata Jim.) Rchnw. .]. f. 0. 1877, 253. 



Society Is.: Tahiti Peak}. —^Fi.fi Is.: Viti Levu, Kaiulavii, Ovalau (Jriifc, Lay., Boyd). — 

 •• Neu' Coh'dfuiifi Xmara ICx/).. Lai/.. — Siberia; Oriental Region: Austro-Malaya ; Australia. 



339. Ardetta sinensis. 



Ardea sinensis dm. S. N. 1788 I, 642; H.elF.V. Z. S. 1872, 105; Finsc/,, J. Mus. Godef. 1875 



VIII, 33; Schmeltz, Ethn. Abth. M. G. 353; Finseh, P. Z. S. 1880, 577. — Ardea lepida Ilorsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. 

 1821 XIII, 190. — Ardea melanophus {Cur.), Les.i. Tr. d'Orn. 1831 , 573. — Petit H^ron aux ailes noires 

 tjiioy rt (laim. Vov. Uranie, Zool. 1824 1, 536. — Ardea (Ardetta) sinensis (imy, B. Trop. Is. 4!». — Ardea 

 melanoptera fCuv.), Pucker. Rev. Zool. 1851, 375. — Ardetta pulchra Hume, Str. Feath. 1873, 308. — Botaurus 

 sinensis licluw. J. f. 0. 1877, 244. — Ardetta sinensis Sahad. Orn. Pap. 1882 HI, 363; Oast. Le Nat. 1889, 

 l'61. — „Kakag", Marianne Is. (Q.eld.]. — jjThogil", Dap {Kub.}. — .,Kolokteaker, Pelew Is. [Kub.). 



Miifianne Is. iQ. et G.). — If. Carolines: Uap, Ruk Kah.). ^ Peletv Is. (Kub.) — 

 Oriental Region; Moluccas; New Britain. 



340. Nycticorax goisagi. 



? Ardea melanolopha Rafft. Tr. Linn. Soc. 1822 XIII, 326. — Nycticorax goisagi Temm. PI. Col. 

 1836. 582; It.HF. P. Z. S. 18(;8, 8; 1872, 89. — Gorsachius typus ^I'arker.K lip. Consp. 1854 II. 138. — 

 Gorsachius goisaki Bp. ib. 138; Sahad. Orn. Pap. 1882 111, 370. -- Nycticorax melanophus Swinh. P. Z. S. 

 1863, 320; Finsch. J. Mus. Godef. 1875 VIH, 35. - Botaurus melanolophus Rdinw. ,T. f. 0. 1877, 246. — 



..CoSSUCk", Tcteiix'. 



l^'lcii' Is, ; Tetcus). — Oriental Region. 



341. Nycticorax caledonicus. 



Caledonian Night Heron, Lath. Gen. Syn. Ill, 55. — New Holland Night Heron, Lath. Gen. Hist. 



IX, 62. — Ardea caledonica dm. S. N. 1788 II, 626; Lath. Lid. Orn. H, 67'.); Ikchst. Uebcrs. HI. 32; IV, 

 416; ^7e.7/. N. Diet. XIV, 436; Less. Tr. d'Orn. 571; Schl. Mus. P. B. Ardeae 1863, 59. — Ardea maculata 

 Lath. Ind. Orn. Spl. 1801 p. LXIV. — Ardea novae -hoUandiae rTn/A N. Diet. 1817 XIV, 436. — Nycticorax 

 caledonicus Steph. Gen. Zool. 1819 XI, 613; dhl. B. Austr. VI pi. 63; Gray. P. Z. S. 1859, 166; id. B. 

 Trop. Is. 49; Verr. et Des M. Rev. Zool. 1860, 439; Rchb. Grallat. t. 155 f. 2389-90; Jouan, Mem. Soc. Cherb. 

 1863 IX, 234; Marie, Actes S. L. Bord. XXVII; id. Ibis 1877, 363; Rchmr. J. f. 0. 1877, 238; Sahad. Orn. 

 Pap. 1882 HI, 372: Lay. Ibis 1882, 531. 544. — Ardea australasiae Vitill. Enc. M(5th. 1823 III, 1130; 

 I'ucher. Rev. Zool. 1851, 566. — Ardea sparmanni U'ayl. Syst. Av. Ardea 1827 sp. 32. — Ardea ferruginea 

 Fomt. (nee ''''"i.) Descr. An. 1844, 274. — Nycticorax manillensis, pt. Bp. Consp. II, 140. — Calherodius 

 caledonicus lip. Q. R. 1855, 723. — Nyctiardea caledonica Gray, H. L. HI, 33. — „Shina", New Caledonia (Jouan). 



Ncir f'ftletlouia Furxtcr etc.. — Australia; Austro-Malayan Subregiou. 



