518 HERODIONES. 



2525. Ardea grayi. 



Ardea grayi, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 158: Reich. J. f. Orn. 

 1877, p. 257. 



Ardeola leucoptera, Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 751 (nee Boddaert). 



a Madras (T. C. Jerdon) 1845. b India ("Ardeola malac- 

 censis," E. Blyth) 1846. c Benares (W. J. E. Boys) 1847. d 

 Ceylon (Capt. Pearson) 1849. e (Arthur Strickland) 1850. 



BUTORIDES. 

 Butorides, Blyth, Cat. B. As. Soc. p. 281 (1849). 



2526. Butorides virescens. 



Ardea virescens, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 238 : Reich. J. f. Orn. 

 1877, p. 255. 



Butorides virescens, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 676. 



a America (Askew) 1834. b (Arthur Strickland) 1850. 

 c Guatemala (J. Constancia) 1851. 



2527. Butorides javanicus. 



Ardea javanica, Horsf. Trans. L. S. xiii. p. 190. 



Butorides javanica, Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 752. 



a Madagascar (E. Verreaux) 1833. b Malacca (Askew) 

 1834. c (Bt at Stevens s) 1845. d, e India ("Butorides java- 

 nicus," E. Blyth) 1846. /. 



2528. Butorides macrorhynchus. 



Ardetta macrorhyncha, Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 39; B. Austr. 

 vi. pi. 66. 



a (Arthur Strickland) 1850. b. 

 An Australian species. 



ARDETTA. 

 Ardetta, Gray, List Sp. B. B. M. Part iii. p. 83 (1844). 



2529. Ardetta cinnamomea. 



Ardea cinnamomea, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 643. 



Ardetta cinnamomea, Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 755 : Wald. Trans. 

 Z. S. ix. p. 237. 



Botaurus cinnamomeus, Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 245. 



a Madras (T. C. Jerdon) 1845. b Philippine Islands (J. 

 Gould) 1846. 



