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2530. Ardetta sinensis. 



Ardea sinensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 642. 



Ardetta sinensis, Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 755. 



Botaurus sinensis, Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 244. 



a Madras (T. C. Jerdon) 1845. b (Arthur Strickland) 1850. 



2531. Ardetta exilis. 



Ardea exilis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 645. 



Ardetta exilis, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 673. 



Botaurus exilis, Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 244. 



a f Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 25 May 1844 (8. E. Baird) 1849. 

 b Guatemala (/. Constancia) 1850. c Illinois (T. Dunn) 

 1851. 



BOTAUEUS. 



Botaurus, Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xi. p. 592 (1819). 



2532. Botaurus stellaris. 



Ardea stellaris, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 239. 



Botaurus stellaris, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1836, p. 101; 1850, 

 p. 221: Dresser, B. Eur.: Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 248. 



a Oxfordshire (H. E. Strickland] 1831. 6 Smyrna, 28 

 December (H. E. Strickland) 1835. c Kordofan (J. Petlierick) 

 1848. 



2533. Botaurus pceciloptilus, 



Ardea pceciloptila, Wagl. Syst. Av. fol. 12, p. 9. 

 Botaurus poeciloptilus, Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 249. 

 Botaurus australis, Gould, B. Austr. vi. pi. 64. 

 a Australia (Bt at Birmingham) 1843. 



2534. Botaurus lentiginosus. 



Ardea lentiginosa, Mont. Orn. Diet. Suppl. 

 Botaurus lentiginosus, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 674: Reich. J. f. 

 Orn. 1877, p. 248. 



a N. America (Koch) 1842. b. 



