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6. Received in exchange, May 14, 1868. 



c. Purchased, May 14, 1808. 



732. Nycticorax cucullatus (Licht.) . Hooded Night- Heron. 

 Hab. West Africa. 



a, b. Purchased, May 14, 1867. 



733. Nycticorax violaceus (Linn.) . Violaceous Night-Heron: 

 Hab. South America. 



a. Presented by E. B. Webb, Esq., April 14, 1864. 



b, c. Purchased, June 4, 1866. 



d. Presented by G. Wilks, Esq., C.M.Z.S., March 19, 1870. 



From Buenos Ayres. 



e. Purchased, Sept. 16, 1874. 



Genus CANCROMA. 



734. Cancroma cochlearia, Linn. Boatbill. 

 Hab. South America. 



. Purchased, March 6, 1867. See Murie, Trans. Zool. Soc. 

 vii. p. 466. 



b. Received in exchange, April 25, 1867. See P. Z. S. 1867, 



p. 473. 



c, d. Purchased, March 20, 1874. 



Genus BOTAURUS. 



735. Botaurus stellaris (Linn.) . Common Bittern. 

 Hab. Europe. 



a. Presented by the llev. Benjamin Ruck Keene> Jan. 25, 



1867. 



b. Presented by the Rev. R. Smith, Jan. 29, 1867. 



c. Presented by E. C. Capel, Esq., Sept. 17, 1868. 



d. Presented by the Hon. T. de Grey, M.P., .F.Z.S., April 16, 



1869. From Norfolk. 



Genus TIGRISOMA. 



736. Tigrisoma brasiliense (Linn.) . Tiger Bittern. 

 Hab. South America. 



a. Purchased, April 28, 1864. 



