118 ARDEID.E. 



Genus DICHROMANASSA, Eidcjw. 



Dichromanassa rufa (Bodd.). 



Dichromanassa rufa, Baird, Brewer 8f Itidgiv. Water Birds N. Am. L 

 p. 33 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 106 (1898) ; id. 

 Hand-L i. p. 196 (1899). 



Ardea rufescens, Scott, Auk, v. p. 184 (1888). 



The eggs of the Reddish Egret, or Peale's Egret, vary from T77 

 to 2-05 iii length, and from Iyo3 to 1-5 in breadth. 



1. Florida (Henshaiv Coll.}. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Florida (A. L. Heerman). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Tampa Bay, Florida, 13th May Princeton University, N.J. [E.]. 

 (W.E. D. Scott}. 



2. Tampa Bay, May (W.E.D.S.). 



2. Old Tampa Bay, Florida, 26th ,, 



April (W.E.D.S.). 



3. Old Tampa -Bay, 26th April (W.E. 



D. 8.). 



3. Old Tampa Bay, 26th April (W.E. 



D. S.}. 



1. Sarasota Bay, Florida, May ( W. E. 



D.S.). 



2. Sarasota Bay, May ( W. E. D. .). 

 5. Sarasota Bay, May ( W. E. D. &) >, 



3. Sarasota Bay, May ( W. E. D. &) ,, 

 2. Maxiuco, Florida, 13th May (W.E. 



D. S.}. 



Genus NOTOPHOYX, Sharpe. 



Notophoyx novae-hollandiae (Lath.). 

 (Plate Y. fig. 1.) 



Ardea novse-hollandiae, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 299 (1865) ; 



Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 58 (1883) ; Buller, Birds 



New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 134 (1888) ; North, Nests fy Eyys Austr. 



Birds, p. 318 (1889). _ 

 Notophoyx novse-hollandise, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 109 



(1898) ; id. Hand-L i. p. 196 (1899) : Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 230 



(1899). 



The eggs of the White-fronted Heron measure from 1-8 to 2'04 

 in length, and from 1*35 to 1'45 in breadth. 



4. Dawson River, Queensland. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Horsham, Victoria, 9th Oct. (A. J. Crowlev Bequest. 



North). 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq., K.C 



1. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



1. Cullenswood, Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



3. Table Cape, Tasmania, Crowley Bequest. 



