38 A. von Pelzeln on Birds in 



Our bird (called Vaginalis australis, and said to be from New 

 Zealand) differs from Latham's figure in the circumstance 

 that the warty excrescences of the face are less developed, as 

 Latham mentions is the case in young birds. 



HtEMATOPODIDtE. 



81. Strepsilas interpres (Linne). (278.) 

 Turnstone, Sale Cat. n. 5797. Adult. 



Latham (Gen. Syn. v. 188. 37) gives a description, made 

 probably from a specimen in the Museum Leverianum, which 

 agrees in many ways with the above-cited bird ; but the wing- 

 coverts of the latter are not cinereous -brown, but ferruginous. 



GRUID^E. 



82. Grus canadensis (Linne). 



Brown Crane, Lath. Gen. Synops. v. 43. 7. 

 Ardea canadensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 675. 7. 

 Specimen from N. America. 



83. Grus antigone (Linne) . (67.) 

 Specimen from the East Indies. 



84. Scops virgo (Linne). (304.) 

 Demoiselle Heron, Lath. Gen. Syn. v. 35. 2. 

 Ardea virgo, Linne, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 673. 2. 

 A specimen without habitat. 



According to Latham this species was contained in the 

 Leverian Museum. 



ARDEIDJE. 



85. Ardea pacifica, Lath. (301.) 



Pacific Heron, Lath. Gen. Synops. Suppl. ii. 305. 20. 

 Ardea pacifica, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. Suppl. lxv. 2. 

 The specimen was marked in the catalogue Ardea vittata, 

 not A. pacifica. 



86. Ardea CjErulea, Linne. (299.) 



Blue Heron (Catesby), Lath. Gen. Synops. v. 78. 45 (Mus. 

 Lever.) . 



Ardea ceerulea, Linne, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 689. 48, excl. 

 var. B. 



