- 69 — 



Count Salvadoi-i includes the New Hebrides in his list of localities, but the reference given 

 (Lay. Ibis 1880, 304) concerns New Britain. Mr. Layard does not make the New Hebrides a locality for 

 this species in his list, Ibis 1882, 544. 



342. Nycticorax manillensis. 



Nycticdrax manillensis Viff. P. Z. S. 1831, 89; licAh. Grallat. t. 155 f. 2391; JI. (i F. P. Z. S. 1872, 

 105; Cat. Mus. Godef. 1874 V, 13; FuiscA, J. Mus. Godef. VIII, 33; lir/wu: J. f. 0. 1877, 238; Schmeul 

 P]thn. Abth. M. G. 353; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1880, 577. — Nycticorax crassirostris Vig. Voy. Beacli. — Ardea 

 caledonica Kittl. (nee Gm.) Kupfert. 35 f. 1. — Nycticorax caledonicus II.ctF. P. Z. S. 1868. 117. — .,Iraam- 

 labaob" (Kiil).) or „Tramarabau'', Heinsolw) Pelew Is. 



Teh a- Is. ^Knh. ,-/r.j. — Caroline Is.: Ruk (Kub.) — Indo-Malayan Subregion. 



343. Nycticorax griseus. 



Ardea nycticorax Linn. S. N. 1766 I, 235. — Ardea grisea Linn. ib. 239 (juv.) — Nycticorax 

 griseus StrwlL, II. ct F. P. Z. S. 1872, 105; Rcknw. J. f. O. 1877, 237. — „Orror", Uap (KuL). 



Caroline Is.: Uap iKubanj}. — Palaearctic, Aethiopic and Oriental Kegions; parts of N. and 

 S. America {Rchiuc.j. 



A „Nycticorax oceanicus Less." from the Marquesas Islands is included in Dr. Hartlaub's 

 lists of Polynesian birds in Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 135, and J. f. 0. 1854, 170, and in Gray's B. Trop. Is. 49, 

 but this appears to be a lapsus calami, — Totanus oceanicus. Less, from the same islands being 

 the species intended. 



344.* Egretta brevipes. 

 Egretta brevipes J'cn. hDcs M. Pev. Zool. 1862, 130; Marie, Actes S. L. Bord. 1870 XXVII; id. 

 Ibis 1877, 362; /.«y. ib. 1882, 532. 

 Kew Caledonia i Ven-.). 



345. Botaurus poeciloptilus. 



Ardea poiciloptila ^Var/l. Syst. Av. Ardea 1827 sp. 28. — Botaurus australis ('m-. . Lcn.s. Tr. d'Orn. 

 1.S31, 572; Ohl. B. Austr. 1848 VI, pi. 64; Rchb. Grallat. 1851 t. 127 f. 2453. — Botaurus melanotus dra,/. 

 Dieffeub. B. N. Zeal. 1843 II, App. 196. — Botaurus poiciloptilus Gray. Gen. B. ill, 557. — Botaurus 

 poeciloptila Bp. C. P. 1855, 723. — Ardea poeciloptera Finsch., J. f. 0. 1870, 348. — Botaurus poeciloptilus 

 Itvhnw. J. f. 0. 1877, 249: Lay. Ibis 1882, 531, 544; Bullcr, B. N. Zeal. 1888 2nd ed. H, 141 i>l. XXXVll. 

 ' New Caledonia (Lay.). — Australia; New Zealand; ? Chatham Is. 



346. Dendrocygna arcuata. 



Anas javanica var. [i. Ilorsf. Tr. L. Soc. 1821 XIH, 200. — Anas arcuata //o/-.s/: Zool. Research, 

 ill Java 1822 pi. 65. — Dendrocygna arcuata Sws. Class. B. 1837 U, 365; Old. B. Austr. 1848 VII, pi. 

 14; Sahdd. Urn. Pap. 1882 III, 385. — Dendrocygna vagans Eylou. M. S. S. ; Gray, List Anat. 1844, 131; 

 id. B. Trop. Is. 54; Sdat. P. Z. S. 1866, 149; >SM. Mus. P. B. Anseres 1866, 88; F. ef IL Orn. Centralpol. 

 211 ; Lay. P. Z. S. 1875, 30, 440; id. Ibis 1876, 393. — Dendrocygna badia (S. .Will.), Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, 

 366. - Dendrocygna gouldi (Bp.', (lid. II.-B. B. Austr. II, 374; J/rOTe, Actes S. L. Bord. 1870 XXVII; id. 

 Ibis 1877, 363; Lay. ib. 1882, 538, 542, 544. 



. Fiji Is.: Viti Levu [Rayner, Lay.). — New Caledonia (J'crr.. Lay.! — Java and the Philippines 

 to New Guinea and Australia. 



According to Bonaparte (C. R. XLllI, 649), Gray (B. Trop. Is. 54) and Schlegel (Mus. 

 P. B. Anseres, 88), D. arcuata Cuvier is a different species from D. arcuata Horsf., viz. D. javanica 

 ilorsf. Count Sa Ivadori , on tlie other hand, identifies D. arcuata, Cuvier, with Horsfield's species 

 of the same name. "Whichever view be correct, Cuvier, according to the rules of nomenclature, has no claim 

 lo recognition as an author in the matter, no description of his species having ever been published. 



A „Morillon des lies Mariannes", Lesson (Tr. d'Orn. 632) is included by Gray (I.e.) in the 

 synomymy of D. vagans, Eyton (= arcuata Horsf.). This view is probably incorrect. The „Morillon 

 des Mariannes" is placed by Lesson in the genus Fuligula, wliile the D. arcuata, Cuv., which was at 



