84 ARDEID^E. 



The YELLOW-NECKED HERON. ARDETTA flavicollis. Ar- 

 dea flavicollis, Lett h. nee Wagl. III. Ind. Zool. t. 



a. North Western Australia. Presented by Capt. G. 

 Grey. 



b. Australia. From Mr. Gould's Collection. 



The ARDETTA ? 



a. Male. North America. From Mr. Audubon's Col- 

 lection. 



b. Female. North America. From Mr. Audubon's Col- 

 lection. 



The GREEN HERON. ARDETTA virescens. Ardea vi- 

 rescens, Linn. S. N. i. 238. PL enl. 909. 912. Wils. 

 Am. Orn. t. 61. f. 1. A. torquata, Shaw. A. striata, 

 Linn. A. virgata, Gmel. A. fuscicollis, Vieill. 



a. North America. From Mr. Audubon's Collection. 



b. Jamaica. From Mr. Leadbeater's Collection. 



The CINEREOUS-NECKED HERON. ARDETTA scapularis. 

 Ardea scapularis, Illig. A. cyanura, VieilL 



a. Adult. South America. Presented by Lieut. Maw, 

 R.N. 



The WHITE-THROATED HERON. ARDETTA Javanica. Ar- 

 dea Javanica, Horsf. Linn. Tr. xm. 326. 



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



The GAMBIAN HERON. ARDETTA thalassina. Egretta 

 thalassina, Swains. Two cent, and a quarter, 333. 



a. Adult. South Africa. Presented by the Earl of 

 Derby. 



b. Young. Gambia. From Mr. Kendall's Collection. 



c. d. Young. 



The NIGHT HERON. NYCTICORAX griseus, Strickl. Ar- 

 dea nycticorax, Linn. S. N. i. 235. A. grisea, Linn. 

 Nyct. Europaeus, Steph. 



ac. Great Britain. 



