122 AEDEID^E. 



Hydranassa ruficollis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 127 (1898) ; id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 197 (1899). 



The eggs of the Louisiana Heron measure from 1*6 to 1-98 in 

 length, and from 1-23 to 1'33 in breadth. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 3. Florida (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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

 ( W. E. D. Scott). 



3. Tampa Bay, 13th May ( W. E. D. S.}. 



4. Tampa Bay, 13th May ( W. E. D. S.). 

 3. Tampa Bay, 13th May ( W. E. D. &). 



2. Tampa Bay, 28th May ( W. E. D. S.). 



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



5. Tampa Bay, May ( W. E. D. S.}. 

 3. Tampa Bay, May ( W. E. D. S.}. 

 3. Sarasota Bay, Florida, May 



( W. E. D. S.). 



1. Florida (Audubon : Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Port Henderson, Jamaica, 6th June. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus NYCTANASSA, JReichenb. 

 Nyctanassa violacea (Linn.}. 



Nyctherodius violaceus, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgiv. Water Birds N. Am. i. 



p. 61 (1884). 



Nycticorax \iolaceus, Wells, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mvs. ix. p. 627 (1886). 

 Nyctanassa violacea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 130 (1898) ; id. 



Hand-l i. p. 197 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 231 (1899) ; 



von Ihering, Rev. Mm. Paulista, iv. p. 274 (1900). 



The eggs of the White-crowned Night-Heron vary from 1-95 to 

 2-15 in length, and from 1*46 to 1'52 in breadth. 



3. Florida, 1st April (J. G. Bell]. Crowley Bequest. 



pe Island, Grenada, West 

 !7th April (J. G. Wells}. 



5. Hope Island, Grenada, West Indies, Crowley Bequest. 



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Genus DEMIEGKETTA, Blyth. 

 Demiegretta sacra (Gm.). 



Herodias asha, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 305 (1865). 

 Demiegretta jugularis, Gould, torn. cit. p. 307 ; Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs 



Austr. Birds, p. 59 (1883). 

 Ardea sacra, Potts, Tr. New Zeal. Inst. iii. p. 97 (1870) ; Buller, Birds 



New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 129 (1888). 

 Demiegretta sacra, North, Nests fy Eygs Austr. Birds, p. 319, pi. xviii. 



fig. 5 (1889) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Egc/s 2nd. B. iii. p. 246 



(1890) ; Le Souef, Ibis, 1895, p. 422 ; Sharpe, 'Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 



p. 137 (1898) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 198 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier&ammL 



p. 230 (1899). 



The eggs of the Eastern Reef-Heron are mostly of the pale blue 



