NOTOPHOYX. - LEPTERODIUS. 119 



Notophoyx paciflca (Lath.). 



Ardea pacifica, Gould, Handl. Birds Austr. ii. p. 297 (1865) ; Campbell* 

 Nests fy Egr/s Austr. Birds, p. 58 (1883) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr.. 

 Birds, p. 317, pi. xviii. fig-. 2 (1887). 



Notophovx pacifica, Sharpe, tat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 131 (1898) ; id. 

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



The eggs of the Pacific Heron in the Collection measure 

 respectively : 2-11 by 1-48 ; 2-07 by 1-33 ; 2-1 by 1-5 ; 2-1 by 

 1-42; 2- 13 by 1-4; 2'05 by 1-5. 



2. North Australia. Gould Coll. 

 1. New South Wales, 2nd Oct. Gould Coll. 



3. Dawson River, Queensland, Crowley Bequest. 



15th Oct. 



Notophoyx flavirostris, Sharpe. 



Herodias picata, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 306 (1865). 

 Notophoyx picata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 112 (1898). 

 Notophoyx flavirostris, Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 654 ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 19fr 

 (1899). 



The sole egg of the Australian Pied Egret in the Collection is of 

 an elliptical shape, and measures 1'6 by 1-21. 



1. North Australia. Gould ColL 



Genus LEPTERODIUS, Htmpr. $ Ehr. 



Lepterodius gularis (Base). 



Ardea gularis, Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. pt. i. p. 1059, pi. 49. fig. 12 

 (1873) ; Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 149 (1882) ; Milne- 

 Edwards # Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madaa., Ois. ii. p. 551 (1885). 



Lepterodius gularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 114 (1898) ; id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 196 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 230 (1899). 



The eggs of the African Reef-Heron are of a very pale blue 

 colour, and measure from 1*6 to 1*97 in length, and from 1'23 to 

 1-3 in breadth. 



4. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.], 



3. Tamala Country, Madagascar Crowley Bequest. 



{W. Deans Cowan). 



Lepterodius asha (SyJces). 



Ardea asha, Layard, Ann. fy Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd ser. xiv. p. 110 (1854), 



Ardea gularis, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 1136 (1880). 



Demiegretta gularis, Oates ed. Hume, Nests & Eggs 2nd. B. iii p. 244 



(1890). 

 Demiegretta asha, Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 112. 



