ARDEID.E. 521 



NYCTICORAX. 

 Nycticorax, Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xi. p. 608 (1819). 



2539. Nycticorax griseus. 



Ardea nycticorax, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 235. 



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



Nycticorax griseus, Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. viii. p. 545 : 

 Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 758: Dresser, B. Eur.: Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, 

 p. 237. 



a Zante, May (H. E. Strickland} 1834. b Benares (F. J. 

 E. Boys) 1847. 



2540. Nycticorax garden!. 



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

 Nyctiardea gardeni, Baird, B. N. Am. p. 678. 

 a Illinois (T. Dunn) 1851. 



2541. Nycticorax obscurus. 



Nycticorax obscurus, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 141 (ex Licht.) : Schl. 

 Mus. d. Pays-Bas, v. Ardece, p. 58. 

 a Chili (T. G. Eyton) 1845. 



2542. Nycticorax caledonicus. 



Ardea caledonica, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 626. 



Nycticorax caledonicus, Gould, B. Austr. vi. pi. 63 : Strickl. 

 Ann. & Mag. N. H. xi. p. 338: Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 238. 



a Australia (Warwick Museum) 1841. b Australia (Bt at 

 Birmingham) 1843. 



2543. Nycticorax pileatus. 



Heron blanc, hupe de Cayenne, D'Aub. PI. Enl. 907, unde, 



Ardea pileata, Bocld. Tabl. PL Enl. p. 54. 



Nycticorax pileatus, Reich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 240. 



a (Gardner) 1846. 



A widely ranging South-American species. 



NYCTHERODIUS. 

 Nyctherodius, Reichenbach, Syst. Av. p. xvi. (1852-3). 



2544. Nyctherodius violaceus. 



Ardea violacea, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 238. 



