76 ARDEID^E. 



The Cocoi HERON. ARDEA cocoi, Linn. S. N. i. 237. 

 A. palliata, ///. A. caerulescens et A. Soco, Fieill. 

 A. maguari, Spix. Av. Br. t. 90. A. major, Mol. ? 



a. Straits of Magellan. Presented by the Admiralty. 

 h. South America. Presented by Lieut. Maw, R.N. 



c. Young. Bay of St. Joseph, East Patagonia. Pre- 

 sented by Sir W. Burnett and Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. 



d. Young. British Guiana. From Chev. Schomburgk's 

 Collection. 



The GREAT INDIAN HERON. ARDEA nobilis, Blyth. Ann. 

 of Nat. Hist. 1844, p. . A. insignis., Hodgs. Mss. 

 A. typhon, Temm. ? pi. col. 475 ? 



a. b. Nepaul. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



The COMMON HERON. ARDEA cinerea, Linn. S. N. i. 236. 

 A. major, Gmel. A. cristata, Briss. A. rhenana, 

 Sander. 



a. Male. Devonshire. From Col. Montagu's Collec- 

 tion. 



b. c. Female. England. 



c?. Young or female. Nepaul. Presented by B. H. 

 Hodgson, Esq. 



e. India. Presented by the Hon. East India Company. 

 /. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



g. Egypt. Presented by W. B. D. Turnbull, Esq. 



The BLACK-HEADED HERON. ARDEA melanocephala, 

 Childr. et Vigors, in Denh. and Clapp. Nar. N. and 

 C. Afr. App. 201. A. atricollis, Wagl. Smith's III. 

 Zool. S. Afr. t. 86. 



a. b. South Africa. From the South African Museum. 



The CRESTED PURPLE HERON. ARDEA purpurea, Linn. 

 S. N. i. 236. A. caspica, Gmel. A. botaurus aut 

 A. rufa, Gmel. A. variegata, Scop. A. monticola, 

 La Pey. A. purpurata, Gmel. A. rubiginosa, Gmel. ? 



a. b. England. 



c. Athens. Presented by C. L. W. Merlin, Esq. 



d. Male ? Nepaul. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



