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 136. Demiegretta sacra (Gm.). 



Anka sacra Gmelin, %s(. Niil. i. p. ()40 (1788 : ex Latham, Tahiti). 



A scries from Toeal (S ad. in nuptial plumage, 0. iv. Lsos) in slatj'-grcj', white 

 and spotted plumage. (Nos. 270, 055, TOO, 710.) 

 S ad. (slate), Teoor, October 1809. (No. 1515.) 

 3 ad. (white), Taam Islands, August 1890. (No. T. 1015.) 



2 ad. (white and slate), Manggoer, September 1, 1899 (moulting). (Nos. 

 1411, 1412.) 



1 ? (slate), Oudor, Goram-laut, February 1000. (No. 2103.) 



137. Butorides javanica (Horsf.) (?subsp.). 



3 ad., juv., Toeal. (Nos. 303, 407, 621.) 



2 ad., juv., Oeboer, Little Key. (Nos. 827, 828.) 



1 ad.. Add, north of Great Key, July. (No. 2823.) 



These sjiecimens are smaller than staynatilis, and the adult birds have no 

 distinct blackish spots along the throat and foreneck. B. stagnat His— which, 

 according to Dr. Sharpe's distribution {Cat. B. xxvi.), should occur on the Key 

 Islands, is, of course, only a subspecies of B. javanica, like the large-billed 

 amurends and the dark-bellied spodiogaster. 



138. Ardetta sinensis (Gm.). 



AnUa sinensis Gmelin, Si/«t. Nat. i. p. G42 (1788 : ex Latham, China). 



?, Elat, Great Key, 23. i.x. 1807. (No. 101.) Bill very short. A series 

 should be compared ! ! 



130. Notophoyx novaehollandiae (Latli.). 



Anlm novaehollandiae Latham, lad. Gm. ii. p. 7i)l (17'J0). 



?, Toeal, 7. vi. 1808. (No. 800.) 

 ?, Manggoer, 1. x. 1809. (No. 1444.) 



" Iris whitish yellow or whitish chromeous, feet bright chrome-yellow or 

 chromeous, bill jet-black (black), base of mandible greyish." 



140. Notophoyx aruensis (Gray). 



(??, Toeal, 13. 14. v. 1808. (Nos. 1750, 1757.) "Iris bright yellow, feet 

 yellowish grey, bill greenish yellow " (H. Kilhn). 



141. Herodias alba timoriensis (Less.). 



Ardea timoriensis Lesson, Tr. d'Orn. p. 575 (1831 : ex Cuvier MS., Timor). 



(J ad., Toeal, 13. i. 1898. "Iris whitish yellow, bill ochreons, feet black." 

 (Kuhn coll., No. 500.) 



142. Garzetta garzetta nigripes (Temm.). 



Ardca niijrijiea Temminck, Man. d'Orn. iv. p. 37(j (1840 : Intl. Arch.). 



(??, Toeal, 12. 17. i. 1898. "Iris whitish yellow, feet black, liill black and 

 yellow." (KiiliM coll., Nos. 501, 502.) 



