DEMIEGRETTA. NYCTICORAX . 



type (Plate V. fig. 2). They measure from 1-65 to 1-95 in length, 

 and from 1-25 to 1'35 in breadth. 



4. Oyster Island, Arrakan Coast, 27th 

 April (E. It. Shopland). 



2. Port Blair, Andaman s (R. J. Wim- 

 berlcy). 



2. South Andaman Island, loth April 

 (R. J. W.}. 



1. Corbyn's Cove, Andamans, 7th April 



( W. Damson). 



2. Australia. 



2. North Australia. 



2. Bushy Island, Torres Straits. 



1. Port Essington, N. Australia. 

 4. Jones's Island, N.W. Australia. 



2. Troughton Island, N.W. Australia. 



1. Lizard Island (J. Macgillivray}. 



2. Islet near Lizard Island. 



1. Howick Islands, May (J. Mac- 



gillivray}. 



2. N.W. Coast, Tasmania, 18th Oct. 



(A. J. North). 



2. Ellice Islands, Pacific Ocean. 

 2. Fiji Islands, 22nd Oct. 

 1. Foochow, China, May. 

 1. Foochow, June. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



J. B. Jukes, Esq. [P.]. 



Gould Coll. 



Lieut. G. Oliver [P.]. 



Lieut. G. Oliver [P.]. 



Gould Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 

 C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus NYCTICORAX, Safin. 



Nycticorax nycticorax (Linn.). 



Ardea nycticorax, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixix. fig. 13, a, b 

 (1845-54) ; Heivitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 313, pi. Ixxxii. fig. i 

 (18oo). 



Nycticorax griseus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 59. fig. 6 (1855-63) ; 

 Tristram, Ibis, 1860, p. 77 ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 372 ; Dresser, 

 Birds Eur. vi. p. 269 (1879) ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 1165 (1880). 



Nycticorax griseus nsevius, Baird, Brewer $ Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. 

 i. p. 55 (1884). 



Nycticorax nycticorax, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 496, pi. 38 (1884) ; id. 

 Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 64, pi. 17. fig. 4 (1896) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxvi. p. 146 (1896) ; id. Hnnd-l. i. p. 198 (1899). 



Nyctiardea nycticorax, Oates ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 258 

 (1890). 



The eggs of the Night-Heron measure from 1-68 to 2-18 in length, 

 and from 1-3 to 1/5 in breadth. 



1. North America (Henshaw Coll.}. 



2. Canada (Gale: Hargitt Coll.). 



1 . Canada ( Wh iteaves) . 



2. St. Stephen, New Brunswick 



(H. E. Dresser}. 

 1. Pennsylvania. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



