272 Mr. C. Chubb on Hirds from [ibis, 



No. 387. ? . Colta, Riobamba, Ecuador, 3100 metres, 

 9 Jan. 1899. '' Garza blanca." 



This example is an adult female iu uou-breeding plumage. 



Egretta thula. 



Ardea thula Molina, Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chil. 178'i, p. 323: 

 Chile. 



Ardea candidissbna Gmel. ; Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. 1886, 

 p. 393 : Tumlyez ; Ucayali. 



Egretta thula Erabourne & Chubl), B. S. Amer. i. 1912, 

 j). 49, uo. 464. 



Nos. 1383, 1384, 1385. ? . Eten, Peru, 15 metres, 

 14 Oct. 1899. " Garza blanca." " Iris yellow ; feet 

 blackish green ; bill black ; skin round the eyes yellow " 

 (P. O. Simons). 



These three birds are fully adult and in non-breeding 

 plumage. 



Nycticorax naeviiis. 



Ai'dea neevia Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. 1783, p. 56. 



Nycticorax gardeni apud Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. 1886, p. 407 : 

 Lake Junin ; Tiunbez ; Ucayali. 



Nycticorax navlus Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. 

 1912, p. 50, no. 469. 



No. 1396. (^ . Talaon, Cajamarca, Peru, 100 metres, 

 30 Oct. 1899. " Buego.'' " Iris yellow ; feet yelloAv ; 

 bill black above" (P. O. Simons). 



This example is in immature plumage. 



Ixobrychus erythromelas. 



Ardea erythromelas Vieill. N. Diet, d' Hist. Nat. xiv. 

 1817, p. 422 : Paraguay. 



Ardetta involucris (nee Vieill.), Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. 1886, 

 p. 399 : Pacasmayo. 



Ixobrychus erythromelas Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. 

 i. 1912, p. 52, no. 485. 



No. 145. ? . Trujillo, N.W. Peru, 23 Nov. 1912. 

 " Iris pale yellow ; feet apple-green ; bill horn-colour above, 

 greenish below, and cere yellow " {Brabourne). 



