404 ARDEID^E. 



900. 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. 



Prom Buenos Ayres. 



e. Purchased, Sept. 16, 1874. 



/, g. Purchased, Jan. 24, 1879. From Bahia. 



Genus CANCROMA. 



901. Cancroma cochlearia, Linn. Boatbill. 

 Hab. South America. 



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



vii. p. 466. 



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



p. 473. 



c. d. Purchased, March 20, 1874. 

 ,/. Purchased, Sept. 29, 1876. 

 g, h. Purchased, Nov. 6, 1879. 

 i,j. Purchased, Sept. 3, 1880. 



Genus BOTAURUS. 



902. Botaurus stellaris (Linn.) . Bittern. 

 Hab. Europe. 



a. Presented by the Eev. Benjamin Euck Keene, Jan. 25, 



1867. 



b. Presented by the Eev. E. Smith, Jan. 29, 1867. 



c. Presented by F. 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. 



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

 Hab. South America. 



a. Purchased, April 28, 1864. 

 6, c. Purchased, July 29, 1869. 



d. Presented by Capt. J. A. Perry, Aug. 1, 1870. 



e. Purchased, Feb. 17, 1876. 



/. Presented by G. H. Hawtayne, Esq., C.M.Z.S., Aug. 2, 

 1878. 



